EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR SILENCE
Eudora persevered in silence, but her agitation obviously increased.
The silence remained unbroken, until Paralus asked for music.
Each instinctively touched the other's arm, as a signal for silence.
He was busy almost half an hour, while Uncle Peter smoked in silence.
Robert pointed in silence to the huge rock which lay on the track.
At the doorway she gave him her hand, which he took in silence.
An hour's silence with these two people by themselves might have worked wonders.
After watching Hope for a time in silence, she began to question her.
She did not glance at him, but held her cigarette in silence and refused to light it.
He kept it to himself, and heard in silence the criticisms made at the club-windows.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR SILENCE
liquidate
verbdestroy, dissolvelull
nounpause, calmmute
verbmuffle, tone down soundmuted
verbmuffle, tone down soundpacifies
verbmake peaceful; appease- allay
- ameliorate
- assuage
- bury the hatchet
- butter up
- calm
- chasten
- compose
- con
- conciliate
- cool
- dulcify
- fix up
- grease
- kiss and make up
- lay back
- lull
- make peace
- mitigate
- moderate
- mollify
- pacificate
- placate
- propitiate
- put the lid on
- qualify
- quell
- quiet
- relieve
- repress
- silence
- smooth over
- soft-pedal
- soften
- soothe
- square
- still
- stroke
- subdue
- sweeten
- take the edge off
- tame
- temper
- tranquilize
pacify
verbmake peaceful; appease- allay
- ameliorate
- assuage
- bury the hatchet
- butter up
- calm
- chasten
- compose
- con
- conciliate
- cool
- dulcify
- fix up
- grease
- kiss and make up
- lay back
- lull
- make peace
- mitigate
- moderate
- mollify
- pacificate
- placate
- propitiate
- put the lid on
- qualify
- quell
- quiet
- relieve
- repress
- silence
- smooth over
- soft-pedal
- soften
- soothe
- square
- still
- stroke
- subdue
- sweeten
- take the edge off
- tame
- temper
- tranquilize
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