silenced

Example Sentences

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Several rescuers run to the road and signal for engines to be shut off, cranes to stop and drills to be silenced.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

"But in Iran, they are more easily silenced."

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

What sets Houdon’s Franklin apart from the other two is that in those depictions the polymath seems silenced and solitary, compared with Houdon’s convivial treatment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

With one towering blast to right field, the Trojans’ designated hitter silenced Texas A&M’s rowdy 12th Man.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

But the tentative fear in her eyes silenced him.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie