Unspoken

Examples

• After what had passed between the Sergeant and me, I knew what it was that he had left unspoken as well as he knew it himself. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The eyes of the two men met, and an unspoken understanding was exchanged. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• They drew very close to each other in unspoken sympathy. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Has she for ever a book in her hand, or sewing on her knee, and eyes only for that, and words for nothing, and thoughts unspoken? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• His sensitiveness--that peculiar, apprehensive, detective faculty of his--felt in a moment the unspoken complaint--the scarce-thought reproach. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Sir, don't grieve, I said; for I knew his feelings, utterly unspoken as they were. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• And yet if she had said to the Superintendent what she said to me, fool as he is, I'm afraid---- He stopped there, and left the rest unspoken. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• And at the same moment, a grimace came over her mouth, of mocking irony at her own unspoken tirade. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

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