silent
Example Sentences
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The novel opens by describing a local gnat infestation that seems to have spread to the writing, because all the words containing “nat” have been given a silent “g,” as in “extermignate” and “gnaturally.”
When the coin collector made his rounds, the office became eerily silent.
Some attendees waved their arms in silent applause, since clapping was discouraged.
When Seo Jinwon, a children's book editor watched the film in Seoul, she said, the cinema "fell completely silent" as the film ended.
From BBC
Some of the survivors joined a silent procession after the Sunday Mass from the church towards the bar itself.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
