Sentence examples for it was virtually unknown from inspiring English sources

At the time, it was virtually unknown in the city.

But Welsh is growing in places where it was virtually unknown a few decades ago.

When Oakham Ales started brewing with the American hop Citra in 2009, it was virtually unknown in the UK.

Today Sleeping Beauty might be one of the world's most popular classics, but in 1921 it was virtually unknown outside Russia.

It was virtually unknown before the second world war, according to Barry Popkin, professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health.

This disease was by far the leading cause of death among adults in much of the continent at the end of 1999, and yet it was virtually unknown just two decades ago.

Excavated in 1912, it is virtually unknown outside academic circles.

And yet it is virtually unknown to foreigners.

To this day, it is virtually unknown in China.

And though it is virtually unknown today, his edition was a hot seller in the 1850s.

Lately, it has made an unpredictable return, maybe because it is virtually unknown to today's generation of players.