Literary notes about unheralded (AI summary)
In literature, "unheralded" is often employed to evoke a sense of unexpectedness or a quiet arrival that lacks the usual fanfare. It can describe both tangible and abstract occurrences, from the silent approach of the night [1] to an unforeseen debut of talent or event [2, 3]. Authors use the term to set an atmosphere of mystery or inevitability—as when danger arrives without warning [4] or when a character slips into a scene without notice [5, 6]. The understated presentation implied by "unheralded" invites readers to focus on the subtle shifts in tone, as well as the deeper significance of events that emerge almost imperceptibly into the narrative.
- The evening wind arose; at last the day died; unheralded by any dusk, on came the night.
— from Sir Mortimer: A Novel by Mary Johnston - His work was not as the laity suppose, a sudden and unheralded revelation, but the first fruit of a long and hitherto barren controversy.
— from Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward - He came in unheralded, and was in the midst of them before they knew.
— from Robert Burns by John Campbell Shairp - Nature has taught the beasts of the field to fly when some unheralded danger threatens.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser - The very first heard of him in his modest, unheralded home-returning, he was teaching this.
— from Dixie After the WarAn Exposition of Social Conditions Existing in the South, During the Twelve Years Succeeding the Fall of Richmond by Myrta Lockett Avary - Aunt Kate Shenstone came unannounced, unheralded by letter, card, or telegram.
— from The Second Chance by Nellie L. McClung
