How to Use unheeded in a Sentence

unheeded

adjective
  • My warning to both of them went unheeded, and Bruce’s remark saw the light of day.
    Arnold Steinberg, National Review, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Their warnings had gone unheeded, and now some would pay a price.
    Anchorage Daily News, 24 June 2021
  • But their calls have gone unheeded, and in the recent Slater Fire, dozens of Karuk members lost their homes.
    Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 15 Oct. 2020
  • In too many places, the warnings went unheeded and the results have been tragic.
    Jon Geffen and Mark Osler, Star Tribune, 3 Sep. 2020
  • These avenues, for once, may reverse the rot that went unheeded for far too long.
    Cristian Farias, New Republic, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Activists said the shooting followed years of unheeded calls for changes to the police force.
    New York Times, 13 Apr. 2022
  • So why do long lists of valid threats go unheeded and under-funded?
    Steve Andriole, Forbes, 6 July 2021
  • Warnings from businesses that became aware of the breach went unheeded by the DOR for months.
    Frank Phillips, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2018
  • The children's pleas went unheeded, and as the man grabbed the wheel, Martinez slammed into a retaining wall on I-43.
    Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 May 2018
  • But so far this season, the protests of even the NBA’s superstars are going unheeded.
    Robert O'Connell, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Mourners of some victims have complained that weeks of calls to shut down the tavern went unheeded.
    Reuters, NBC News, 13 July 2022
  • Today, Season is his cri de coeur about how his plea has gone unheeded.
    Clarence Tsui, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Atop Earth’s largest active volcano, an alarm bell has tolled unheeded for six decades.
    Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2017
  • Atop Earth’s largest active volcano, an alarm bell has tolled unheeded for six decades.
    Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 16 June 2017
  • That cry for help often goes unheeded in the presence of a fetal heartbeat, even if the demise of the pregnancy is inevitable.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 12 May 2022
  • The message went unheeded as these young stars were treated like monsters and barred from playing shows.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Those requests were largely unheeded, prompting clerks to warn the counting process this fall maybe slow.
    Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Similar pleas for SpaceX’s first crew launch on May 30 went unheeded.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Though unheeded at the time, Welles’ memo was used as a primary reference for a 1998 re-edit of Touch of Evil to get the film more in line with his vision.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2021
  • A great chance to explore a part of northern Europe, and the North Sea coast, which generally goes unheeded.
    Jack Dancy, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
  • Here’s a look back at how the disaster unfolded – and the early danger signs that went unheeded.
    Teele Rebane, CNN, 4 Nov. 2022
  • But the calls have largely gone unheeded as overwhelmed healthcare systems have welcomed the help.
    NBC News, 26 Apr. 2020
  • But the loans looked profitable, the relationship felt valuable and the concerns went unheeded.
    New York Times, 4 Feb. 2020
  • Their mother died last week from the virus, as their urgent calls for help to brimming hospitals went unheeded.
    Time, 26 July 2021
  • Many calls went unanswered and voice mail requests for return calls, unheeded.
    Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
  • So many warnings — from just about everyone with expertise or a conscience — have gone unheeded to bring us to this point.
    BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2021
  • At the time, there was less climate reporting than there is now, and nearly all of it was dire and largely ignored, like a blaring, unheeded car alarm on a busy street.
    Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Their shortage means complaints of sparks or circuit breaker trips in a hospital may go unheeded for a long time.
    Tabassum Barnagarwala, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Positioning Robin as an unheeded prophetess and an eventual participant in Ethan’s undoing is a smart way to explore the sexism of the media world at the time.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Warnings to cease these acts had to be issued within a reasonable time limit and remain unheeded, Milanovic said, adding that Israel had repeatedly done this.
    NBC News, 15 Nov. 2023

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