How to Use unheard in a Sentence
unheard
adjective- Their cries for help were unheard.
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To do that on the eve of the playoffs is almost unheard of.
— Dallas News, 10 Nov. 2022 -
That would have been unheard of in the halls of 30 Rock even just a few years ago.
— Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2022 -
The poem is this: The Fourth of July is now unheard of.
— John Annarino, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2022 -
To even film something in black and white is unheard of.
— Town & Country, 30 Aug. 2023 -
In the enterprise space, a go-live in a few days is unheard of.
— Olga Lykova, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023 -
Just a few years ago, all of this hubbub was unheard of.
— Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 31 Dec. 2021 -
Payouts in the one-to-two-million range are not unheard of.
— Emma Green, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023 -
Shah points to supports now in place that were once unheard of in the workplace.
— Anna Oakes, Quartz, 17 Oct. 2022 -
While spikes around now aren’t unheard of, the average for the date is about 75 grains.
— Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024 -
Two for two is unheard of for any writer, let alone a young one.
— Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2022 -
Such a sight was uncommon but not unheard of at the time.
— Erik Ofgang, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024 -
And to have a 94-episode run is almost unheard-of nowadays.
— Yara Shahidi, Glamour, 5 May 2022 -
When Prime launched in 2005, two-day shipping was unheard of.
— Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2024 -
Those kinds of results are unheard of at an FCS school in the modern era.
— Khari Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023 -
The whole idea of small-scale brewing and trying to make a living was unheard of.
— Alice Barlow, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2024 -
That was unheard of, at a certain time, in a certain era.
— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Aug. 2022 -
This couple happened to get a 5% rate, which is unheard of.
— Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024 -
In the world of TikTok, where trends rise and fall in days, that longevity is almost unheard of.
— Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024 -
Prices start at just $50 — which is unheard of for Sam Edelman.
— Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2023 -
Such an act, as yet unheard-of, would come on top of the voluntary cuts the three states agreed to last summer.
— Nick Bowlin, Outside Online, 4 May 2022 -
That was unheard of—until El Salvador did just that in June.
— Frank Holmes, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022 -
Today, finding so many blue whales so close to shore is unheard of.
— Andrew Chapman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024 -
The persistence of hot and dry conditions is unheard of in parts of the region.
— Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 22 July 2022 -
In terms unheard since the Cold War, threats were flying from all sides and ran through society.
— Raf Casert and Aamer Madhani, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Feb. 2022 -
His grief and regret — his sobbing in the hallway — went unheard.
— Evan Allen, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2021 -
Later, Alex kills a man at the gym, and the murder goes unseen and unheard by the woman working out in the foreground.
— Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 Apr. 2022 -
By and large that was unheard of — a bunch of young cats, men and women, mid-20s to early 30s, opening flagship stores.
— Khalil Kinsey, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022 -
But Encore’s move was unheard of for a sleepy, geriatric brand that was limping along on sedan sales.
— Tribune News Service, cleveland, 18 June 2022 -
De Rossi’s technique for makeup application was unheard of before him—and certain sounds unusual in 2024, too.
— Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2024
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