wordlessness

Example Sentences

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When Shane sang, that silence, the awful wordlessness was defeated.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2023

And few actors brought such profound visceral weariness — and agitation — to Beckett’s wordlessness.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2023

There’s something to the wordlessness of their pain, and the mystery of its depth.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2023

But from you, a period of wordlessness – if not headlessness – would now be most welcome.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2017

I feel like freezing on him, passing the rest of the evening in sulky wordlessness.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood