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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Months turned into years, and on August 6, 1945, Kakita and his brother heard of an enemy aircraft sighting.
—Rina Nakano, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
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For every actor, musician, writer and artist who has become a wealthy and enduring celebrity, exponentially more of them have enjoyed a brief, shining moment, never to be heard of again.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
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The vet told Bluhme, who had never previously heard of dogs consuming cannabis, that Tokyo most likely ate an edible that had been dropped along the trail – or human waste containing traces of cannabis.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
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Nevada Unsurprising to anyone who has ever heard of a little place called Las Vegas, Nevada ranked number one in the analysis.
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
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Nunez has heard of other writers who proficiently multitask, setting down a partial manuscript while starting another, interspersing it all with stories and essays.
—Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
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The plan was to have more time to write, but early 2020 found me near the end of a nerve-racking, preposterously difficult restoration, grandchildren-deep in debt, and with a small hotel on an island no one had heard of.
—Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
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Olivia stops at an exhibit depicting two Minions, James and Henry (all the Minions are voiced by Coffin), and is perplexed when no one present appears to have heard of them, at least by name.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 June 2026
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The Office of Congressional Conduct, or OCC, first heard of the matter on June 10, according to the House ethics panel.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 27 July 2026
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Most have heard of the Larry Nassar scandal, where the USOPC and NCAA failed to protect athletes despite years of complaints.
—Katie Uhlaender Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
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