silenced

Example Sentences

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Lopez silenced most of the sellout crowd of 7,042, making it easy to hear USC fans serenading him during the College Station Regional Final.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Anthropic’s expected $900 billion valuation is the market’s verdict on what OpenAI lost when it silenced that conversation.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

"I was detained, but I did not commit a crime that warrants arrest... I am a journalist who is being silenced," testified Uludag, who has been a court reporter for 18 years.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Satirists can be censored, silenced, imprisoned, attacked and cancelled.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

Her words silenced everyone in the car, and for a while nobody said anything.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall