Thesaurus / unspeaking
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Within the quiet cabin a man stood to stare and stare, unspeaking, until his pilot laid a friendly hand upon the broad shoulders.
ASTOUNDING STORIES, MAY, 1931VARIOUSShe bore much pain with calm unspeaking endurance, and she lived in trust of a better world.
CAN YOU FORGIVE HER?ANTHONY TROLLOPEFalse seeing is unseeing,—on the negative side of blindness; and false speaking, unspeaking,—on the negative side of silence.
MODERN PAINTERS, VOLUME V (OF 5)JOHN RUSKINBut, as usual, he read nothing in the bland, unspeaking countenance before him.
BEFORE THE DAWNJOSEPH ALEXANDER ALTSHELERConan glared at him unspeaking, feeling a chill along his spine.
THE HOUR OF THE DRAGONROBERT E. HOWARDHis mouth continued to twitch unspeaking in nervous curls of disdain.
ULYSSESJAMES JOYCEThe four Khitans bowed together, and still unspeaking, turned and padded noiselessly from the chamber.
THE HOUR OF THE DRAGONROBERT E. HOWARDThey stood very still, unmoving, unspeaking while the shower fell.
THE INNOCENT ADVENTURESSMARY HASTINGS BRADLEYFor a moment he stood unspeaking, and she watched him with grave eyes and said nothing.
SECURITYPOUL WILLIAM ANDERSONUnspeaking they sat on a bleached log, in a russet twilight which hinted of autumn.
MAIN STREETSINCLAIR LEWISWORDS RELATED TO UNSPEAKING
- buttoned up
- clammed up
- close
- close-mouthed
- could hear a pin drop
- dumb
- hushed
- hushful
- inaudible
- low
- low-pitched
- muffled
- mute
- muted
- noiseless
- not saying boo
- peaceful
- quiescent
- quieted
- reserved
- reticent
- secretive
- silent
- soft
- soundless
- speechless
- still
- stilled
- taciturn
- tight-lipped
- uncommunicative
- unexpressed
- unspeaking
- unuttered
- whist
- bashful
- buttoned-up
- checked
- clammed up
- close
- closed-up
- closemouthed
- curbed
- dumb
- dummied up
- faint
- hush
- hushed
- iced
- inarticulate
- incoherent
- inconversable
- indistinct
- inhibited
- laconic
- mousy
- mum
- mute
- muted
- noiseless
- nonvocal
- not talkative
- reserved
- restrained
- reticent
- shy
- silentious
- soundless
- still
- struck dumb
- taciturn
- tongue-tied
- unclear
- uncommunicative
- unheard
- unsociable
- unspeaking
- voiceless
- wordless
- zipped
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