unsee
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of unsee
First recorded in 1350–1400
Example Sentences
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He said he had advised both parents that once they saw the images, they would never be able to "unsee" them.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
As soon as they saw it, they couldn’t unsee it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
But the best compliment I can pay Early is that, while you never quite unsee his jawline and strategic padding, his total commitment is such that it swings you over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Now that we’ve unearthed these lines, we can’t unsee them.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2025
His dad closes his eyes again, like he wants to unsee what he’s imagining.
From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Daniel, with his unseeing yet piercing gaze, turns out to be the conscience of this story, which doesn’t mean that he, his memories or his eventual testimony can be entirely trusted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
It poised, tensed, on the landscape of shelterless rocks, While there, close beside, the still unseeing fox Was only a hare’s-breath away.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2022
This can be really useful for mitigating anxiety, as well as for unseeing what you once considered can’t-unseeable.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2020
She held her breath in the darkness, and the party passed unseeing.
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2017
Scars crossed and disfigured his face with jagged lines across his forehead and down the length of one cheek, and his eyes were opaque and unseeing.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
Instead of Gods like Poseidon and Zeus playing an integral role in the story, they are left as unseen forces that motivate the characters’ actions.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
At one point, they came upon previously unseen photographs from Saar’s early career as a costume mistress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Instead, these legendary predators may still be quietly patrolling the region's waters, largely unseen.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
The BBC has obtained previously unseen footage of a man who died after being restrained by prison officers, which contradicts the version of events put forward by officials.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
And speaking of dodos, and tar pits, and things unseen: Edward Ashton had long been thought dead, or even very dead, but apparently he was not as dead as a dodo.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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