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Examples of unsay in a Sentence
the witness tried to unsay the very testimony that he had given a few days earlier
Recent Examples on the Web
Left unsaid is that of the ten artists playing the main stage over the two-day music festival, the War & Treaty were the only non-white artists amidst a lineup of white acts performing blues, soul, and rap.
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Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2024
What goes unsaid but seems understood here is that Blackthorne is also Toranaga’s property.
—Jesse Raub, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2024
Left unsaid by Pompeo was that despite all the economic pain, Iran was in fact accelerating its enrichment of uranium.
—Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021
The most searing moment, for two candidates dogged by questions about age and acuity, could be something unsaid.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
Left unsaid was that this was a topic of conversation at all because a fellow Alabama Republican, State Supreme Court Justice Jay Mitchell, had weeks earlier written a majority opinion that frozen embryos are children.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2024
There’s a lot unsaid as the two dance together in their home.
—Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024
To get the major parties to sign, however, the agreement left unsaid how many of its most sensitive objectives would be achieved.
—Mai Hassan, Foreign Affairs, 1 May 2023
Left unsaid was that the bridge sat in a residential area with no visitor parking spaces, public toilets or garbage cans.
—Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 7 June 2024
Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2024
What goes unsaid but seems understood here is that Blackthorne is also Toranaga’s property.
—Jesse Raub, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2024
Left unsaid by Pompeo was that despite all the economic pain, Iran was in fact accelerating its enrichment of uranium.
—Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021
The most searing moment, for two candidates dogged by questions about age and acuity, could be something unsaid.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
Left unsaid was that this was a topic of conversation at all because a fellow Alabama Republican, State Supreme Court Justice Jay Mitchell, had weeks earlier written a majority opinion that frozen embryos are children.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2024
There’s a lot unsaid as the two dance together in their home.
—Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024
To get the major parties to sign, however, the agreement left unsaid how many of its most sensitive objectives would be achieved.
—Mai Hassan, Foreign Affairs, 1 May 2023
Left unsaid was that the bridge sat in a residential area with no visitor parking spaces, public toilets or garbage cans.
—Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 7 June 2024
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“Unsay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsay. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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