unspeaking

Example Sentences

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But it seethes with fathomless challenge, like the unspeaking sea.

From Economist • May 17, 2018

“Come on people,” he said to the unspeaking officers.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2016

The society she’s chosen is the unspeaking world.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 11, 2016

If Clint Eastwood is forever the unspeaking, vengeful cowboy, then Redford is a disillusioned, hopeful counterpoint.

From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2013

Wearing deep mourning, she would have laid on it, perhaps, a wreath of flowers, as other women did; and stood for a moment, head bowed, considering the unspeaking ground.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin