How to Use unseen in a Sentence

unseen

adjective
  • Sean and Olivia found some great unseen home movie footage and sent that.
    — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Thank you for each and every blessing seen and unseen, big and small.
    — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 31 May 2021
  • Her eyes drifted to some unseen point off camera.
    — Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The big-hearted boy teaches there is hope in both the seen and the unseen.
    — Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Our venue teams provide a lot of unseen labor to make for a killer time for guests.
    — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
  • This focus on the unseen details is a valid reason for a high mark up.
    — Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 13 June 2025
  • Life is living a thousand unseen lives.
    — Tatjana Baleta, Time, 28 May 2026
  • This is a prime example of his unseen effect on the team.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But there are also uses for the database that are as yet unseen.
    — Katie Palmer, STAT, 22 July 2021
  • The man put an unknown and unseen item to her back and walked her into the building.
    — cleveland, 29 Dec. 2020
  • The other takes the field for only three types of plays and strives to remain unseen.
    — Dallas News, 19 Dec. 2022
  • This is not the first time Miranda has tried to give a voice to those unseen.
    — Jennifer A. Marcial Ocasio, orlandosentinel.com, 26 July 2021
  • The right eye is bulging and appears disfigured from an unseen wound.
    — David Bauder, Star Tribune, 1 Oct. 2020
  • But our partner’s longed for smile was unseen behind the marble chill of death.
    — Jim Moore, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Throw pillows get tossed around daily and collect all types of filth unseen by the naked eye.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Cars can be swept away by two feet of moving water or there may be unseen damage to the road.
    — Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Cars can be swept away by two feet of moving water or there may be unseen damage to the road.
    — Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Cars can be swept away by two feet of moving water or there may be unseen damage to the road.
    — Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Cars can be swept away by two feet of moving water or there may be unseen damage to the road.
    — Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Cars can be swept away by two feet of moving water or there may be unseen damage to the road.
    — Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • That’s where some of the unseen magic of every Olympics takes place.
    — The Sports Desk, NBC news, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Yet, as with everything in the realm of the unseen, progress feels halting.
    — Craig S. Smith, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
  • But there is a veil covering the unseen world, which not the strongest man could tear apart.
    — The Editors, Town & Country, 9 Dec. 2022
  • There were long, grassy glades all around and the tiger would have a hard time trying to return to the kill unseen.
    — Cyril E. Holland, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025
  • When people feel unseen, there’s no point in your talking anymore.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Prices of food, rent, gasoline and other items have been leaping at a pace unseen in four decades.
    — Michael E. Kanell, ajc, 23 June 2022
  • The cue hints at something deeper, more unseen, going on.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Many of those images have remained unseen until now.
    — Liz McNeil, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
  • Nobody reaps glory from doing the unseen right thing.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
  • My new place had ample wall space and high ceilings, plenty of room for some of those unseen works to be seen.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2020

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