How to Use go unheard in a Sentence

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  • More light needs to be shined on all the rape cases that go unheard.
    Seventeen Magazine, Seventeen, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Her eyes glaze over, and her body becomes limp as her pleas go unheard.
    Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 17 Oct. 2020
  • The most important point about a survey is to not let employees’ voices go unheard.
    Crystal Williams, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
  • And while Bryant's acceptance speech will go unheard, his achievements have long spoken for themselves.
    Jason Kurtz, CNN, 15 May 2021
  • His alleged fraud of like $8 million from Mississippi’s welfare program is not about to go unheard.
    Vulture, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The number of emerging designers that often go unheard of continues to grow every day.
    Erika Hardison, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Both moves were motivated by a deep curiosity about the world and a desire to tell stories that often go unheard, his brother said.
    Washington Post, 3 June 2021
  • In our workplaces or in meetings like this one, our voices go unheard, our existence barely registered.
    Farahnaz Forotan, Star Tribune, 22 Apr. 2021
  • These are stories of resiliency and innovation that often go unheard.
    Leah Campano, Seventeen, 22 Apr. 2022
  • But once again, this will have no immediate real-world effect—this decision by the Puerto Rican people will reach Congress, but likely go unheard.
    Alicia Kennedy, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Some women have taken videos of themselves cutting their hair in protest, while others are posting calls to action on social media — giving a voice to people who typically go unheard.
    Jason Gonzalez, The Courier-Journal, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Last week, celebrities, influencers, editors, creatives, change makers and other real women took to Instagram with a challenge to further the message that Black lives matter and that Black women have a voice that will no longer go unheard.
    Shalwah Evans, Essence, 12 June 2020
  • What is crucial is agreement on her guilt, so that when she is expelled from the circle of acceptance—whether literally or figuratively—her objections will go unheard.
    Thomas Chatterton Williams, Harper's Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020

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