silenced

Example Sentences

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For all the Dodgers fans here, that’s quite the trip: a rout that silenced a hostile crowd one day, hot dogs valued at 55 cents in U.S. currency the next.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

With more than 90 million copies sold worldwide, she hasn’t exactly been silenced.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

That appeared to pave the way for the emperor's daughter to rise to the Chrysanthemum Throne, but the birth of Prince Hisahito, the emperor's nephew, the following year silenced the debate.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Stephen Bunting silenced his critics as he inflicted a third final defeat of the season on Gian van Veen to win night four of the Premier League in Belfast.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

“If something in you yourself says you aren’t a painter’—it's then that you should paint, old chap, and that voice will be silenced too, but precisely because of that.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman