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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • After an untold number of mock drafts, the real thing is just about here.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], 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
  • Sudan is in the grips of more than 15 months of ruinous civil strife that’s led to untold calamity and horror.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 29 July 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
  • But for an untold number of Americans, the checks still haven’t arrived in the mail — or anywhere else.
    — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 7 Dec. 2020
  • An untold number of cycling classes will tone their glutes to its beat.
    — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 22 June 2022
  • It’s believed the virus infected more than 80% of U.S. residents; an untold number, believed to be in the tens of millions, suffer lasting effects from the disease.
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Mara is a two-way force who can score in a variety of ways and pass like a point guard while also blocking shots, altering others and keeping an untold amount from being taken.
    — Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025

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