silence

Example Sentences

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Karen says she also felt she wanted to waive her lifelong right to anonymity after many years of feeling silenced.

From BBC

“A Yamamoto miracle in the ninth! Rogers Centre in stunned silence!”

From Los Angeles Times

"There's a silence over the community," he said.

From BBC

Bloom, who shares a daughter, Daisy Dove, with Perry, later broke his silence on their separation, telling “Today” host Craig Melvin during a September interview that everything between them is “great.”

From MarketWatch

Fanatics uses these gatherings not to bribe or threaten their detractors into silence, but to educate them on the business.

From Los Angeles Times