UNSEEN


Meaning of UNSEEN in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

hand

He fell again, the wind shoving him with giant, unseen hands , knocking him to the floor.

The severed blade was raised from the sawdust by an unseen hand and re-connected to its spindle.

It involves a huge staff of unseen hands working together to give four guys a trouble-free two hours on stage every night.

Sometimes an unseen hand rocked the chair so violently that he lost consciousness.

Swings also moved gently back and forth in the breeze, as if rocked by some unseen hand .

He felt unseen hands help him into one of the partitioned stalls and there he stretched out and closed his stinging eyes.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

sight unseen

If I didn't take the car, the other guy was willing to buy it sight unseen.

But nothing's worse than driving into an auto repair shop, sight unseen, and being fleeced.

He bought his house sight unseen, sold on the location.

Taking a risk, I ordered five each of six Victorian species, sight unseen.

The principal said he offered me the Position sight unseen based on my letter of application and my resume.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

The grizzly bear is a species unseen in our state since 1906.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

At that time the excitement of our explorations into this unseen world had set my mind aflame with pleasure.

Behind her, the sound of footsteps climbing an unseen stairway.

But the feeling of an unseen presence never left him.

However he remains unseen because Sauron can not pierce the shadows he made for his own defence.

I could see the bell clearly beneath the water: nothing could approach unseen .

People have gained confidence in sending substantial sums off to unseen institutions and working with them long-distance.

Sheer terror in a nightmare can be the result of an unseen , hidden menace - for instance behind a closed door.

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