be silent

Example Sentences

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"We want to gather all the testimonies and evidence we can to document this and have a complete case. We can't be silent about what happened," she said.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

I am Jimmy Kimmel, and I will not be silent.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

"Since 2019 on the hospital bed, I vowed that I cannot be silent for the sake of 200 million women worldwide," she said.

From BBC • May 20, 2025

To be silent is to continue to deny the intelligent, well-educated woman that I am.

From Salon • Nov. 3, 2024

Sergei Korolev stepped into the cottage, gestured for the doctors to be silent, and tiptoed down the hall to the cosmonauts’ bedroom.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin