wordless
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In a wordless two-page spread, a dog lopes solemnly toward the pickle, trailed by a mournful earthworm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The actors spent time forging the kind of intimate charge that could be felt in wordless glances between their closeted characters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Our exchange was almost wordless but totally understood, and felt like the trip in miniature.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
And although they recall many wordless moments of repose between takes, the shoot enlivened the actors far more than it exhausted them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
She should bring it up, she owed him that, but a wordless fear had seized her, a fear of breaking delicate things.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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