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
The incidents also put pressure on WhatsApp, eventually prompting the government to warn the platform that it could face legal consequences if it remained a "mute spectator".
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
They include a teenage boy with a piggy bank full of videogame winnings, a young woman in need of a heart transplant, a cash-poor film producer and a mute priest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 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
There was a moment’s pause as my tablemates stared at me, not mute, not brain-damaged, able to recall the name of an opera.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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