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How to use the word unwritten in a Sentence?

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Also, do n’t forget, you know, there is an unwritten rule — almost, it is an unwritten law, you never bring a lawsuit within 90 days of an election.

Congress Trump

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I’m learning more that some of life lessons are well hidden, but I’m reporting today to SEEK the value of the unwritten.

Sanita Belgrave

added by sanita_b
2 years ago

They were saying that in anticipation of Secretary Mayorkas’ visit that they were directed unwritten directives to basically clean everything up, make it look good, put people on busses, ship them out.

Sara Carter

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There are a lot of unwritten rules in the entertainment industry that create racial exclusion, and at Color Of Change, we know that to change society you have to change the rules, this inclusion rider is a written rule that will change the culture of hiring at the Grammys, and will make inclusion the norm.

Rashad Robinson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think I realized about the fifth inning that she was throwing a perfect game, but we all know the unwritten rule of never saying that they’re throwing the perfect game, i think we were just trying to be calm, cool, and collected, make the plays, to keep that for her and allow her to have that moment. So no one wanted to talk about it until the end, but of course we went crazy there at the end for her.

Kaylee Tow

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It was a difficult decision... to announce that I was voting. Obviously, you know, as a senior retired military officer these are challenging times and there's a little bit of an unwritten rule that senior officers don't come out and endorse a candidate.

William McRaven

Found on CNN
3 years ago

There's unwritten rules with regards to manufacturing plants and when it comes to management, when it comes to us being black supervisors, you need to be more appreciative of the job title that you have and go along and do the job that we're asking you.

Derrick Brooks

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We haven't violated any written – or unwritten – rules, and our business model is quite simply the same template business model that's used throughout the whole cybersecurity industry: We provide users with products and services, and they pay us for them.

Kaspersky Lab

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

There are rules, and then there are unwritten rules, when you’re an A-list skater, you’re essentially representing the entire sport on behalf of your country, to the world, so there are a lot of systems of feedback in place.

Braden Overett

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I was able to leave a horrible monster and build a life I could have never imagined for myself. But in time, I've realized that stories like my own are too important to go unwritten.

Ariana Kukors

Found on CNN
6 years ago

I never thought I would share my story because, in so many ways, just surviving was enough, i was able to leave a horrible monster and build a life I could have never imagined for myself. But in time, I've realized that stories like my own are too important to go unwritten.

Ariana Kukors

Found on CNN
6 years ago

There’s no unwritten law that says that it can only be done in off years, that’s not in the constitutional text.

President Obama

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

There is no unwritten law that says that it can only be done on off-years. That’s not in the constitutional text.

President Obama

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Life is a mysterious puzzle, a game with incongruent sequences, strange episodes and unwritten stories. ( "Waiting for the pieces to fall into place" )

Erik Pevernagie

added by anonymous
8 years ago

This region is no stranger to earthquakes, a lot of people had the same feeling : This is a tremor, it passed. When that wasn't the case, they were in uncharted territory... It's basically an unwritten book.

Thomas Nybo

Found on CNN
9 years ago

It meant for chaebol cases like this, the ruling would be three year jail sentence suspended for five years: that was the unwritten code, this case is important in that the code has been broken.

Jack Kim

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing unwritten novels about the people we meet?

Rebecca West

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the powers that be and the unwritten charter.

Nadine Gordimer

added by anonymous
10 years ago

The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it.

Glaser and Way

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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