How to Use untold in a Sentence

untold

adjective
  • His is a story yet untold.
  • So far, untold numbers of at least 51 species of wild birds have died.
    Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2022
  • But for untold millions, a show-off staircase is a slap.
    Curbed, 19 July 2023
  • There are so many untold stories of hard work and brilliance.
    Bronwen Latimer, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The ice at both is melting rapidly, with untold dangers for all of us.
    Joshua Shifrinson, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Until the book of the same name was released, the story was hardly known and often untold.
    Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 16 Dec. 2022
  • There are also an untold number of Afghans who made it out of the country but are stuck abroad.
    Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2022
  • What follows is a 48-hour dance party of sorts, replete with a DJ booth and untold amounts of free booze.
    Nate Hochman, National Review, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The film tells the story of the untold history of Black resistance.
    Tilane Jones, Variety, 10 Feb. 2022
  • The bias of the fashion industry against plus-size people isn’t an untold one.
    Elvis Kachi, Quartz, 20 Apr. 2022
  • An untold number of them have died at sea from disease, hunger and fatigue.
    Reuters, CNN, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The exodus had led to famine, disease and an untold number of dead.
    Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Across the city, untold numbers of buildings simply collapsed when the quake hit.
    Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2022
  • And the Saudis are one of the leading importers (untold billions) of U.S. weaponry.
    Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2022
  • When it’s picked apart in the court of public opinion and dismissed by an untold number of people?
    Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Miguel de Cervantes left a great story untold: his own.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Sudan is in the grips of more than 15 months of ruinous civil strife that’s led to untold calamity and horror.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
  • Among the untold number of subscribers to the outside clothes/inside clothes creed, cleanliness seems to be the top reason for the wardrobe change.
    Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
  • An untold number of cycling classes will tone their glutes to its beat.
    Jenny Singer, Glamour, 22 June 2022
  • There was no three-point line in Kentwood in 1969, but if there had been, Jamie Spears would have sunk untold numbers of three-pointers.
    Kerry Howley, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Bethenny Frankel is ready to tell the untold story of her 10-year divorce nightmare.
    Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
  • That’s been the plight of untold millions for generations.
    Ron Charles, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2023
  • And there was so much on the line: months of planning and rehearsals, her crew’s and band’s livelihoods, and untold dollars in investment.
    Emma Carmichael, ELLE, 15 Aug. 2022
  • And an untold and unimaginable number is also spread throughout the rest of the universe.
    Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 5 June 2023
  • The conflict has killed untold numbers of Ukrainian civilians and forced millions more to flee.
    Adam Schreck, chicagotribune.com, 14 Apr. 2022
  • The lack of fuel on the plane meant that there was no fire, which saved an untold number of lives but also made the wreck difficult to locate in the darkness.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Along with the forests went an untold number of plant and animal species that existed nowhere else on Earth.
    Kiona N. Smith, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2022
  • Maybe home is a forest of ancient bristlecone pines, a meadow of yellow grass, a lake with untold depths.
    Hazlitt, 5 June 2024
  • The book will also recount untold stories, such as Knox’s return to Italy, as well as the relationship she’s forged with the man who sent her to prison.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • For untold generations, the species has survived by charming frogs to their demise with a method known as caudal luring.
    Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2024

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