mutely
Example Sentences
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Tray tables had one purpose: to be unfolded before a TV set so that instead of conversing with others around a dining-room table, people could eat while mutely staring at a TV screen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
In its middle age as in its youth, the Brick House stood mutely by, its feet brushed by a spotlight on the Glass House that never fully turned its way.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2024
Attendees mutely shuffled in place at first, until Ralph’s resolve pulled them in and turned them up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2023
It’s your party: You can’t mutely pass it off on the Anti-Defamation League to say from afar that this is terribly, horribly wrong.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2022
Their eyes pulled away from the thing on the table to stare mutely at the red-haired man.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
