silence
Example Sentences
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Mangeshkar attributed their silence to Bhosle's husband's influence.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
We had Zoom sessions where everyone kept their camera on, but nobody talked, just wrote in companionable silence.
From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026
Passengers sat trapped in the darkened cabin in silence until a second all-clear appeared on their screens.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Here the road becomes a boundary between different ways of moving through — and loving — the same landscape: speed and stillness, noise and silence, crowds and solitude.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
In the silence that followed, we all suddenly bowed our heads.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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