voicelessness
Example Sentences
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A year later, the alternative rock band Eve’s Plum, fronted by Colleen Fitzpatrick, conflated wearing lipstick with female voicelessness.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2026
Time and time again, suffering economic consequences is cast in terms of silencing, and more often than not, those whining the loudest about their voicelessness have the biggest megaphones.
From Slate ● May 13, 2021
Its results were definitive — and explained the reason for Vivienne’s prolonged voicelessness.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2019
About how Nas evoked Queensbridge’s voicelessness through poetry that was vivid and lurid, thrilling yet introspective, and dark with glimmers of hope.
From Time ● Apr. 25, 2014
Finally, the wailing for the dead is continued night and day to the point of utter voicelessness; a musical, weird, and heart-piercing sound, which has been compared to the "keening" of the Celtic mourner.
From The Soul of the Indian by Charles Alexander Eastman
