silent
Example Sentences
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Too much salt leads to high blood pressure, which is known as "the silent killer" as it raises the risk of heart attacks and stroke.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
In 1926, director Cecil B. DeMille hired hundreds of workers to build a set of Jerusalem inside the DeMille Studios in Culver City for the classic silent film “The King of Kings.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
There will be short, sharp peaks and valleys, but if you can’t stand the rises and falls in altitude, hand over those anxieties to your silent, hardworking virtual self.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
Recent decades have proved something of a golden age for the preservation and rediscovery of silent film.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Fin-Kedinn fell silent, the firelight etching his face with shadow.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Vocabulary lists containing silent
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ant, -ent
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Spelling Practice 2, Unit 8
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"First They Came for the Communists"
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