Unheard

Examples

• In this mood her father came in unheard. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• This was a combination of state library and state publishing upon a scale hitherto unheard of. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• No; he was quite sure that she was an ideal woman, so therefore worshipped her—unseen, unheard—with all the chivalrous affection of a medi?val knight. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• But I should not offer the evidence for the prosecution and leave the defense unheard. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• His warning voice was unheard, for the din which the knight himself occasioned by his strokes upon the postern would have drowned twenty war-trumpets. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• And yet when was the time that such have not cried out: heart-broken, humble protestants, unheard in the uproar of the triumph! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Supplies for armies of then unheard-of size could not be carried in convoys, and the French soon became familiar with 'living on the country. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I will never be where you would not wish me to be, nor see nor hear what you would wish unseen and unheard. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The most spirited sketch from his fingers was a blank to their eyes; the most original observation from his lips fell unheard on their ears. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• They let themselves in noiselessly; they stole upstairs unheard--the breaking morning gave them what light they needed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• There were some groans and hisses, but the general sense of honour was much too strong for the condemnation of a man unheard. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• It was like Marmee to get up a little treat for them, but anything so fine as this was unheard of since the departed days of plenty. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• If the tread is an echo, it is an echo that is only heard after dark, and is often unheard for a long while together. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• She thought he was wishing to speak to her unheard by the rest. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Such a thing as aerial fighting was unheard of. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Poor Isaac was hurried off accordingly, and expelled from the preceptory; all his entreaties, and even his offers, unheard and disregarded. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• They could change the nature and locality of their possessions with an unheard-of freedom. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Such a thing was unheard of, and it clouded their superstitious minds with all manner of vague fears. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• She tended him through a series of unheard-of illnesses with a fidelity most admirable. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The post had, indeedarrived; by me unheard. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• They are, Miss Eyre, though they absolutely require a new statute: unheard-of combinations of circumstances demand unheard-of rules. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The two appointed days ran out, three days and nights ran out, and Stephen Blackpool was not come, and remained unheard of. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Exactly so, indeedquite unheard ofbut some ladies say any thing. Jane Austen. Emma.
• At her zenith Carthage probably had the hitherto unheard-of population of a million. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Even the little bugs of the black book were familiar friends, though their arrangement meant nothing to him; but these bugs were new and unheard of. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• These walls are thick, and it is conceivable that his shriek, if he had time to utter one, was unheard. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

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