wordless
Example Sentences
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If the drawings are wordless, the lines are eloquent enough.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Then, when The Blind Man realizes that the rumored “Spirit of the Forest” is, in fact, this wounded, wordless being seeking nothing more than company, his reaction is not terror but tenderness.
From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025
“As an actor, you really appreciate when a director is searching for the wordless expressions and the subtleties,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025
Its beat is a mix of drum machines, sequenced electronics and an acoustic kit, as tricky cymbal flourishes and field recordings of wordless voices echo somewhere in the background.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
It did not matter that she had no idea of what to do or say to the Presence— after the wordless knowing and the soundless touching, her dreams disintegrated.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
