wordlessness

Example Sentences

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When Shane sang, that silence, the awful wordlessness was defeated.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2023

There’s something to the wordlessness of their pain, and the mystery of its depth.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2023

“One reason for the terrible wordlessness of the experience is that you cannot observe fire really closely without becoming part of it.”

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2021

"The Tribe" is marked not just by wordlessness — the ambient sound makes it not truly silent — but by Slaboshpytskiy's mesmerizing long takes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2015

A silence would follow, a wordlessness over the phone line that told him that it was his problem, not theirs.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie