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Examples of unvoiced in a Sentence
The “th” in the word “thing” is unvoiced.
an unvoiced promise to be waiting for him when he returned from the war
Recent Examples of unvoiced from the Web
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Instead, this chilly tale of violent secrets and unvoiced misery relies heavily on the skill of actors who seem to know that one false move could tip the whole enterprise into comedy.
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Their language is spare, seemingly etched, and spoken with a formal, even archaic diction that calls attention to the spelling of words that contain usually silent consonants or unvoiced vowels.
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The question carries an undertone of anxiety, audible though unvoiced, like the drone-strings of a robab.
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First Known Use of unvoiced
1859
UNVOICED Defined for English Language Learners
unvoiced
playDefinition of unvoiced for English Language Learners
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: not expressed in spoken words
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linguistics of a speech sound : made without vibrating your vocal cords
UNVOICED Defined for Kids
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