unspoken agreement
Example Sentences
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The unhappy men meet and, noticing a resemblance to one another, arrive at an unspoken agreement to trade lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
“We’ve got an unspoken agreement: no guilt, no grumbling. Just a ‘to be continued’ knowing glance,” says Orellana.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025
This silence, evoked by the title, describes the organizational omerta under which the IRA operated and the unspoken agreement between its operatives and the people they lived among.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2024
“We have an unspoken agreement: I don’t criticize religion and you don’t criticize my lack of religion,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2023
They had an unspoken agreement: Don’t mention or even think of him—their own he-who-must-not-be-named.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
