break silence

Example Sentences

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But Ibrahim Sadiq, who has been strongly linked with a move to AZ Alkmaar, scored twice before the break silence a boisterous Pittodrie.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2023

It may be unpopular, even in some religious circles, to break silence in the interest of justice, but we must speak.

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2021

To break silence is a transgression, of sorts, of the uneasy cease-fire that settles over people who were once intimate.

From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2019

Eventually, Harry Truman will break silence and exhort the Democrats to draft Ike as a great gesture of "nonpartisan Americanism."

From Time Magazine Archive

Matthew was the first to break silence, by begging the Vicar kindly to go with him into the room above where they were standing, as he wished there to ask a favour of him.

From Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church by Field, Walter