mute
Example Sentences
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She stood mute when a reporter confronted her at Los Angeles International Airport about her absence.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
About three hours later, James called NHS 111 and told the operator his brother had gone immobile and had become mute.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Miranda’s iPhone and MacBook sit on a bookshelf, mute and unyielding, like storage lockers with lost keys.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 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
The mute wiped his forehead with a neatly folded handkerchief.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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