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fall silent
Example Sentences
Black Americans know better, but they are institutionally pressured to fall silent.
I fall silent—avoiding the heart-breaking reality of what could be an endless conflict.
But I feel like the people who don't cook often fall silent in the face of questions like this, for fear of being judged.
The lips fade and fall silent one after the other, but the song lives on for ever.
At times his brow would cloud and he would fall silent in the midst of a jest.
Lies do fall silent; truth waits to be recognized, not always in vain.
Once, as I lay awake in bed, I heard it tick suddenly three times, then fall silent and stop.
We prate of little things, each to each; but we fall silent before love and death.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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