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
This temper—or temperament—often found expression at home in moods, when for hours, sometimes days, I wouldn't break silence.
From Geraldine Farrar The Story of an American Singer by Farrar, Geraldine
