silenced

Example Sentences

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For all the Dodgers fans here, that’s quite the trip: a rout that silenced a hostile crowd one day, hot dogs valued at 55 cents in U.S. currency the next.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

"We won't be silenced," the chairman of the Sikh Federation of Canada told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Leaders backed their vision of stability and security with a high-tech surveillance state that silenced dissenters and imprisoned extremists, ensuring Dubai remained largely untouched by terrorism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

At this, he is silenced by his grief and his memories.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

"Their voices are silenced, but their memory lives in us, no? Something lives far below the surface—the essence of you. That is what remains."

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper