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could hear a pin drop
adjective as in inobtrusive
Weak matches
- buttoned-up
- clammed up
- close
- close-mouthed
- dumb
- hushed
- hushful
- inaudible
- low
- low-pitched
- muffled
- mute
- muted
- noiseless
- not saying boo
- peaceful
- quiescent
- quieted
- reserved
- restrained
- reticent
- secretive
- silent
- soft
- soundless
- speechless
- still
- stilled
- subdued
- taciturn
- tasteful
- tight-lipped
- uncommunicative
- unexpressed
- unobtrusive
- unspeaking
- unuttered
- whist
adjective as in quiet
Example Sentences
Though many songs have a lull-like quality in parts, the show itself had no lulls, even in softer moments: With two acoustic guitars leading the heart-wrenching classic “Wish You Were Here,” you could hear a pin drop.
Smith adds that during those speeches, “You could hear a pin drop from a mile away. It felt like we all had something to learn from this character, and we wanted to let Aja be our guide.”
Once the bomber flew by, “you could hear a pin drop,” Hartman said.
That scene, when we went to shoot it, you could hear a pin drop in the room, it was so quiet.
"Despite being a usually busy pub, aside from the coverage - you could hear a pin drop," Tait wrote.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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