muteness

Example Sentences

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Now that the clamor of humans had arrived, the muteness of the earth became more significant.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2022

Against this thick muteness, my ears strained to listen for something, anything.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2021

Harpo Marx’s muteness seems to turn up Groucho and Chico’s physical volume.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2021

Recently I wrote a book about those things, Recollections Of My Non-Existence, about the muteness of my formative years.

From The Guardian • Feb. 29, 2020

Reverend Salles has written to tell him that Vincent “has withdrawn into absolute muteness, hides himself under his bedcovers and sometimes cries without uttering a word.”

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