unspoken

Example Sentences

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Takaichi has refused, saying they were a statement of longstanding, if largely unspoken, Japanese policy.

From The Wall Street Journal

When “Picnic” premiered on Broadway in 1953, it struck a nerve with postwar audiences—particularly women—hungry for a depiction of everyday lives that were not grandiose or heroic, but filled with unspoken desire.

From The Wall Street Journal

I think once we got to Season 5, there was this unspoken, agreed upon thing that it was coming.

From Los Angeles Times

“There’s kind of an unspoken feeling that what happens in the club will stay in the club.”

From The Wall Street Journal

These unspoken pressures are all the more effective because leverage in the job market has tilted in favor of employers.

From The Wall Street Journal