silent treatment
Example Sentences
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“For a day or two, she’d give us the silent treatment, and then we’d all fall back into the form of a life trying to make ends meet,” he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026
‘He thinks nothing of spending $40K on a new car’: My husband gives me the silent treatment.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025
"I was on probation, I didn't know this person. I thought he might make my life hard at work, that he might give me the silent treatment," she said.
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2024
PSG supporters kept protesting at Parc des Princes by giving their team the silent treatment.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2024
I’d rather stand outside in the cold, waiting for my mom in the carpool line, than stand inside getting the silent treatment.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
