silence
Example Sentences
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With its exquisite controls—a knob to wind the clock, a key to wind the bell and a button to silence the alarm—it was a bewildering cross between jewelry and a grown-up appliance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
“I think that silence is deafening in a lot of ways for crypto.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Sometimes, Leonor said, she went to her mother’s house to avoid arguing with her husband, especially when he sat in silence, thinking.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
For more than 50 years, the agency’s gag rule bullied Americans into silence.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
The animals that covet silence the most are the alligators.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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