muteness
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Against this thick muteness, my ears strained to listen for something, anything.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 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
It later became the habitual muteness of the acquiescent.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 5, 2018
Nietzsche’s father died early, from “softening of the brain,” after suffering years of debilitating headaches and periodic muteness.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2018
When I refused to be the child they knew and accepted me to be, I was called impudent and my muteness sullenness.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
