How to Use hear of in a Sentence
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Even bands who never heard of this guy ended up copping his tricks.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2026
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Some fans have already been excited to hear of the new flavors.
—Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 7 July 2026
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Paul, as a father of six, was devastated to hear of their anguish.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 July 2026
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The performers signed contracts one year earlier when few had heard of them.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
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When one engine names a brand the others have never heard of, that brand usually gets dropped on the next refresh.
—Ronn Torossian, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
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Ten years ago, few people in the United Kingdom had even heard of padel, let alone taken it up.
—Mark Rice-Oxley, Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2026
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No one from the bar has ever seen or heard of the shooter, according to Ortega.
—Sarah Moon, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026
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Everybody in the whole world is a unique, one-of-a-kind creation that has never been heard of since or will ever be in the future.
—Jayson Jenks, New York Times, 31 July 2026
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These are the spots where the taverna menus are hand-written, or don’t exist at all, and no one has heard of an espresso martini.
—Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 17 July 2026
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Most people have never heard of the Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
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Before his abduction, Anyanwu had heard of people being kidnapped, but had not thought much about it.
—Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
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What starts as a simple visit to try a cuisine most people have never heard of quickly turns into something much bigger.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
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There is a science for how to better use tests, diagnostic stewardship, but most doctors have never heard of it.
—Daniel Morgan, STAT, 6 July 2026
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In her 25 years on the job, this was the first time Stolarz had heard of people using the riverfront for mini concerts.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
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The elder Washington asked if John David had heard of Kirk Douglas.
—Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026
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Contracts and e-signatures floating in a cloud, which is to say a server farm in Virginia that has never heard of Erewhon.
—Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
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And perhaps diehards of the EA Sports video game FIFA might’ve heard of him too.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 2 July 2026
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Before Widow’s Bay, Kate O’Flynn had never heard of a final girl.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 29 June 2026
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Some of the best Difference Makers may be people few Marylanders have ever heard of.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 28 Aug. 2026
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Of the millions of men and women who have made their mark here, few were as prolific and artful as Edgar Miller, even though most of you have never heard of him.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
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But despite its many charms, recipes for ermine frosting nearly disappeared after cream cheese frosting surged onto the scene, so many bakers have never heard of it.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 27 July 2025
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Mona has gone pure method for a woman who no doubt has never heard of Lee Strasberg and thinks that Stanislavsky is a vegetable in the produce department.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2026
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None of them had heard of the Village People, which still tours in its latest incarnation, with a Willis lookalike on lead vocals.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2026
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An executive nobody had heard of became a target of online attacks for the offense of trying to turn around a fading chicken and biscuits restaurant.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
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That makes Smith one of the most important figures in South Florida sports that not many people have necessarily heard of.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
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SafetyCulture is the version of this most operators outside Australia have never heard of.
—Rob Versaw, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
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After a weekend of carnage, as well as some exciting racing, this small, picturesque seaside town in northeastern Germany, which not many around the world will have heard of, was put on the sailing map.
—Andrew Rice, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
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To hear of Laloya’s passing is a great loss to her family and the wider community, Jamaica, her impact will always be remembered and her voice will not be forgotten.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026
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While many Bushmon fans went to Vision of Disorder shows, few VOD fans had ever heard of Bushmon.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
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Through the program, Flexer has heard of more people pursuing education at community college.
—Sasha Allen, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026
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