have unsaid
- present perfect of unsay.
Example Sentences
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Indeed, I was partly led on to use such expressions by the young fellow condemning so bitterly their conduct, and which I afterwards would have given something to have unsaid.
From Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade by Surtees, William
The girl would have given much to have unsaid it, to have given any sort of explanation.
From The Wind Before the Dawn by Munger, Dell H.
Gladly she would have unsaid her resentful words; she had been guilty of a childish outburst of temper, and perhaps had prepared worse sufferings for the future.
From New Grub Street by Gissing, George
I did say so; but as I have unsaid it since, you as a gentleman will not remember my words.
From The Duke's Children by Trollope, Anthony
He might say something that the chief would rather have unsaid; for always there was the possibility of listeners in on the telephone.
From The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol by Theiss, Lewis E.
