silence

Example Sentences

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“It’s clear they’re trying to put a blanket of silence over these firefighters’ depositions,” Robertson said.

From Los Angeles Times

We sat in silence for a bit, the only sound the creak-cruck of my chair.

From Literature

Louise Adler, the Jewish daughter of Holocaust survivors, said "I cannot be party to silencing writers" and that Abdel-Fattah's exclusion "weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation."

From BBC

With players on the pitch completing their warm-up, many managers want to be left alone in silence.

From BBC

His audience, which included a huge number of world leaders, sat in stony silence.

From BBC