silence
Example Sentences
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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
Meta said the assertion it was restricting Wynn-Williams' freedom of speech or trying to silence her "is not what's happening here".
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Oberhansley said the pool-maintenance company where she works can’t afford to give her a raise, and her search for a better-paying office job has run into rejections or silence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
The silence of frosty dawn fell around us.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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