wordlessly

Example Sentences

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If a colleague said something he didn’t like, he would wordlessly turn his camera around to the ocean in front of him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

One character, for reasons you’ll observe, wordlessly switches from soup cans that require them to use a can opener to ones with a pull tab.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025

Deborah recognizes that too, and Smart does an excellent job of wordlessly performing her sense of humiliation at what her past version of herself said in public and thought was funny.

From Salon • May 24, 2024

With her terrific cinematographer Jomo Fray, shooting on location in rural Mississippi and Tennessee, director Jackson works wordlessly much of the time.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2023

Jenna swings her legs back and forth, side to side, wordlessly willing me to speak.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass