How to Use untold in a Sentence

untold

adjective
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  • His is a story yet untold.
  • But for untold millions, a show-off staircase is a slap.
    — Curbed, 19 July 2023
  • There are so many untold stories of hard work and brilliance.
    — Bronwen Latimer, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The ice at both is melting rapidly, with untold dangers for all of us.
    — Joshua Shifrinson, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Until the book of the same name was released, the story was hardly known and often untold.
    — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 16 Dec. 2022
  • An untold number of them have died at sea from disease, hunger and fatigue.
    — Reuters, CNN, 27 Mar. 2023
  • When it’s picked apart in the court of public opinion and dismissed by an untold number of people?
    — Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Miguel de Cervantes left a great story untold: his own.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Among the untold number of subscribers to the outside clothes/inside clothes creed, cleanliness seems to be the top reason for the wardrobe change.
    — Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
  • There was no three-point line in Kentwood in 1969, but if there had been, Jamie Spears would have sunk untold numbers of three-pointers.
    — Kerry Howley, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2022
  • That’s been the plight of untold millions for generations.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2023
  • And an untold and unimaginable number is also spread throughout the rest of the universe.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 5 June 2023
  • The lack of fuel on the plane meant that there was no fire, which saved an untold number of lives but also made the wreck difficult to locate in the darkness.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Thousands of migrant workers were exploited and abused to build the gleaming palaces for the World Cup, and an untold number died.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2022
  • This is the untold story of the multiple criminal charges that Trump is facing.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Stories that might have been told — or perspectives that might have been shared — stay untold and unshared.
    — Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2023
  • His tombstone is small and easy to overlook, and his story remains mostly untold.
    — Amy Brady, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2023
  • To the relief of untold numbers of Swifties, her fling with Healy had run its course months earlier, and now rumors were beginning to swirl about her and Kelce.
    — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 15 Dec. 2023
  • An untold number of people were denied care or forced to travel ruinous distances to get it.
    — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Time in the water meant exposure to poisonous snakes, untold bacteria, and run-ins with submerged thorns.
    — Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
  • That’s sent new generations of hunters back into the hardwoods—and untold numbers of squirrels into the stew pot.
    — Kyle Wintersteen, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The death toll runs into untold millions—it will never be exactly known.
    — Time, 24 Aug. 2023
  • This New York Times bestseller follows the untold story of the mathematicians behind the space race, which inspired the film.
    — Cailey Lindberg, Good Housekeeping, 2 Nov. 2022
  • His many victims’ lives were cut short at his hands, their dreams unrealized and stories left untold, Longhurst said.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The dog’s body was put in a red bag and sent to the incinerator - the final destination for an untold number of beagles.
    — Lizzie Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The dog’s body was put in a red bag and sent to the incinerator — the final destination for an untold number of beagles.
    — Lizzie Johnson, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Search-and-rescue teams from the United States and beyond are gearing up in case they are called to help save the untold numbers of people trapped beneath the destruction.
    — Erin Cunningham, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
  • At what point will Musk decide that Ye’s behavior, which has cost the rapper untold millions to date, is also a threat to his own bottom line?
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The captain brings untold experience to the locker room and is still capable of putting in a strong shift in the center of the park providing support to the likes of Frenkie de Jong, Pedri and Gavi.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Caused untold suffering to hundreds, if not thousands, of students at USC. ...
    — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023

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