silence

Example Sentences

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For weeks after getting her phone, Elsie would call friends only to sit in agonizing silence, not knowing what to say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

In the usually lively alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City, silence reigned on Easter Sunday, the holiday overshadowed by the war.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Plaza later broke her silence about her struggle to deal with her grief, telling fellow comedian Amy Poehler that her devastation felt like a “giant ocean of awfulness.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

"Your heart is blown to pieces but do you still need to eat dinner and go to work so I'm not stylistically chasing silence, just representing the truth of it."

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Unlike the former head matron, who shrieked and scolded endlessly in her rusted-hinge voice, this woman worked in a terrifying silence.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom