wordless

Example Sentences

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When pressed on this, Angle and partners emphasize that the Familiar’s wordless interactions inherently soften its approach, making it more like R2-D2 than M3GAN.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

“Sentimental Value” says so much with wordless glances and still faces.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Then, when The Blind Man realizes that the rumored “Spirit of the Forest” is, in fact, this wounded, wordless being seeking nothing more than company, his reaction is not terror but tenderness.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025

The most striking departures are the handful of wordless sequences of Hujar and Rosenkrantz posing in the manner of a fashion shoot, scored to snippets of Mozart’s Requiem.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

The cold of the water feels like a vise but I hold it there, hearing the bubbling of the water rushing by and the wordless barks of a worried Manchee hopping around my feet.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness