How to Use untold in a Sentence

untold

adjective
  • His is a story yet untold.
  • The mental health of this whole thing is just the untold story.
    Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2021
  • Wicked, based on the 2003 stage musical of the same name, tells the untold story of the witches of Oz.
    Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
  • At 25 pounds, the vest worn by the suicide bomber did untold damage.
    New York Times, 27 Aug. 2021
  • So far, untold numbers of at least 51 species of wild birds have died.
    Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Even with that, there still may be an untold number of homes not hooked up to the sewage system.
    Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021
  • The move will cost untold billions, and the Pentagon can't say how much.
    Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • The world spent untold trillions to fight the pandemic.
    Dylan Matthews, Vox, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The adventure will tell a new and untold saga, set within the Dark Times at the start of the universe, when even the Eternals were young.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 17 June 2020
  • Until the book of the same name was released, the story was hardly known and often untold.
    Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 16 Dec. 2022
  • There are also an untold number of Afghans who made it out of the country but are stuck abroad.
    Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Safety nets around the world are bearing untold weight.
    Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2020
  • What follows is a 48-hour dance party of sorts, replete with a DJ booth and untold amounts of free booze.
    Nate Hochman, National Review, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Having everything in one place could save hours of work and untold amounts of stress.
    Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2021
  • The lie had been exposed and could never, ever be untold now.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 28 Nov. 2020
  • After an untold number of mock drafts, the real thing is just about here.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The film tells the story of the untold history of Black resistance.
    Tilane Jones, Variety, 10 Feb. 2022
  • The bias of the fashion industry against plus-size people isn’t an untold one.
    Elvis Kachi, Quartz, 20 Apr. 2022
  • An untold number of them have died at sea from disease, hunger and fatigue.
    Reuters, CNN, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The exodus had led to famine, disease and an untold number of dead.
    Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Across the city, untold numbers of buildings simply collapsed when the quake hit.
    Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2022
  • And the Saudis are one of the leading importers (untold billions) of U.S. weaponry.
    Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2022
  • And there were untold thousands turned out by blacksmiths.
    David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 16 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • Flashbacks revisit some of the most iconic moments and songs from his music career while revealing the untold story of a private man who dealt with his share of darkness off stage.
    Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
  • Despite the claims of the book’s promotional materials, Valland’s story hasn’t been entirely untold.
    Nina Siegal, New York Times, 17 May 2025

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