unsung

Example Sentences

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Tartines are the unsung heroes of party food.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2026

It's an unfashionable position, yet these players hold one of the most important roles in the team and are often unsung heroes in Super Bowl-winning sides.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

Melissa McCarthy is an everywoman intelligence agent who chooses to go into the field for the first time in this strangely unsung hero of modern comedy.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

Labor hoarding has been an unsung hero, keeping our economy at full employment.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

As the lightning flashed and the thunder cracked, I, the unsung quarterback of an unsung team, rose up out of that mud not once, but twice, to achieve football immortality.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor