silent

Example Sentences

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At a cavernous facility in Morbi, in India's western Gujarat state, a 200-metre-long propane-powered kiln that normally fires clay nonstop is silent.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

“Or to remain silent forever to avoid inadvertently speaking in the voice of the beast.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Last year, 7 million people around the world, 600,00 of them children, died from a slow-moving, silent and largely invisible killer: air pollution.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

"We became quite silent when we found the first bone," he said, adding that there were several pointers indicating that the skeleton belonged to the Sun King's right-hand man.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Instead of explaining, Duane became eerily silent because directly behind C.C. was the wall of windows, and Duane could see the white fog moving in.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el