How to Use unheard in a Sentence

unheard

adjective
  • Their cries for help were unheard.
  • This was unheard of a few years ago.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • And that was just unheard of in my day.
    — Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • This is not unheard of among artists.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
  • April trades are rare, but not unheard of.
    — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • This isn't unheard of, the bank said.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
  • At one point in my life, this would be unheard of.
    — Dominick Williams march 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2026
  • All of this with a battery life that's unheard of.
    — PC Magazine, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Just three weeks ago such a meeting would have been unheard of.
    — Ivan Levingston, Bloomberg.com, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Two for two is unheard of for any writer, let alone a young one.
    — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Two deaths in the same week is almost unheard of in the sports world.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
  • This wasn’t unheard of in novels then.
    — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This is not something that's unheard of.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • To match that mark through the first three games of this season would be unheard of.
    — Scott Bell, Dallas News, 9 Oct. 2020
  • That’s almost unheard of in wine.
    — Emily Price, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • May snows are not unheard of in Colorado.
    — ABC News, 6 May 2026
  • That kind of timeline is unheard of in the study of vaccines.
    — Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2020
  • The idea that somebody looked up and nobody came over is unheard of.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2021
  • In the enterprise space, a go-live in a few days is unheard of.
    — Olga Lykova, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • These types of factors are not unheard of in nature.
    — Laura Baisas Aug 13, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Fires are not unheard of in the Arctic, even at this time of year.
    — The Economist, 4 June 2020
  • Well, yes — but not at all unheard of for premium eye masks.
    — Karina Hoshikawa, Refinery29, 13 Oct. 2025
  • That kind of run is unheard of in men’s basketball.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Shah points to supports now in place that were once unheard of in the workplace.
    — Anna Oakes, Quartz, 17 Oct. 2022
  • So being able to select your type of steak — that’s kind of unheard of.
    — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The crash of bombs, wreaking death in streets still marked by the scars of war, cannot be unheard.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 8 Aug. 2020
  • Green claimed innocence, but his pleas were for many years left unheard.
    — CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Crazy because such an alliance was unheard of.
    — Lauren Victory, CBS News, 20 June 2026
  • Such collisions are rare but not unheard of.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • To beat 3 grand slam champions on route to her first one is unheard of.
    — Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025

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