unexpressed

Example Sentences

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It was just a trauma response to unexpressed emotions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

“Tótem” captures the flow of an imperfect family in which what’s left unexpressed engenders conflict between people who otherwise deeply love each other.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2024

These aren’t absences, not deaths, but they nevertheless carry the risk of leaving questions unanswered, love unexpressed and truths unsaid.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2023

Perhaps personal resentments had accumulated, unexpressed but still powerful.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2023

That is the unexpressed quality in our quest, and we have never tried to put it into words.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright