unvoice
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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to pronounce without vibration of the vocal cords
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another word for devoice
Etymology
Origin of unvoice
Example Sentences
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For the former “John Wick” and “Fall Guy” fight coordinator, putting grown-up Short Round through his paces was an unvoiced desire that was finally realized.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2025
The quick and strong embrace of this song suggests an ocean of frustration that pop music leaves largely untapped and unvoiced, and a grass-roots resistance that it has almost no hope of replicating.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
You learn this, and how to love, by being loved even with your growing ledger of broken hearts, rushes to judgment, reckless decisions, unvoiced apologies and selfish deeds.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2023
The event also reaffirms Antonio’s unvoiced yearning to reevaluate his uprooting — a need depicted throughout the film with magical realist underwater sequences that invoke an otherworldly atmosphere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2021
The test of intellectual excellence, however, had been reduced by tradition and unvoiced unanimity to a single area of study: Talmud.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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