mutely

Example Sentences

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Tray tables had one purpose: to be unfolded before a TV set so that instead of conversing with others around a dining-room table, people could eat while mutely staring at a TV screen.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Meanwhile, Lori, a young Black woman hired under false pretenses as an assistant, stares mutely.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

In its middle age as in its youth, the Brick House stood mutely by, its feet brushed by a spotlight on the Glass House that never fully turned its way.

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2024

It’s your party: You can’t mutely pass it off on the Anti-Defamation League to say from afar that this is terribly, horribly wrong.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2022

Then she mutely gestured to a chair and picked up the phone.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie