mute
Example Sentences
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John presented as immobile and mute, with his head shifting to one side.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
This fantasy chat plays out in all its white cluelessness as the sitcom rewinds and repeats on mute.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
It can mute important market signals to the extent the Fed becomes a significant marginal buyer of government bonds of varying maturities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
But there are few macroeconomic catalysts on tap until January, which will likely mute shifts in investor expectations over rates that typically move stocks.
From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025
But Blount would never really talk—only to the mute.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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