silence
Example Sentences
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We had Zoom sessions where everyone kept their camera on, but nobody talked, just wrote in companionable silence.
From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026
Here the road becomes a boundary between different ways of moving through — and loving — the same landscape: speed and stillness, noise and silence, crowds and solitude.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
Perhaps, Ms. Gerson wondered, this unspeakable loss lay behind Leon’s silence about the details of his own survival.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
In later interviews, he described the peace and tranquillity brought by the radio silence, saying it offered a break from the constant requests from mission control.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Deadwood’s abrupt silence felt, to some, like a terrible omen.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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