unspoken

Example Sentences

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If Americans speak English, the unspoken logic went, the most American among us speak only English.

From Salon

There was an unspoken rule in the Masters household: The deaths of his mother and sister were not to be talked about, because the subject opened sores that hurt for days.

From Literature

But Takaichi has declined to retract her remarks, saying she was only stating longstanding, if largely unspoken, Japanese policy.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was one of those unspoken rules that Mom was always talking about—those things that people are supposed to know without having to be told.

From Literature

Her lips moved, and her small face, with its badly cut fringe, was vivid with unspoken thought.

From Literature