silent treatment
Example Sentences
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“For a day or two, she’d give us the silent treatment, and then we’d all fall back into the form of a life trying to make ends meet,” he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026
‘He thinks nothing of spending $40K on a new car’: My husband gives me the silent treatment.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025
He did not want to speak after Saturday's round, but he did and in so doing broke his silent treatment of the media.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2025
“I’m not really understanding what the silent treatment is,” Drescher said.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2023
The silent treatment would be Ophie’s punishment, but for now Mama seemed more intent on getting them out of the attic than anything else.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
