silence
Example Sentences
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But Tegmark said his appeals were met with rejection or silence from their charity Coefficient Giving—recently renamed from Open Philanthropy—despite its having given more than $1 million to his organization over the years.
So the key was to absorb that pressure and silence the fans a bit.
From BBC
She's not looking for silence, but uses music to find her calm.
From BBC
We see it across modern life: People repeat things they don’t believe, the slogans replace honest conversation, and silence is mistaken for agreement.
In the end, Kalven’s loophole ensures that universities will always be saying something—about their mission, if nothing else—even when they maintain the institutional silence the Kalven Report has become so famous for recommending.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
