wordlessness

Example Sentences

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When Shane sang, that silence, the awful wordlessness was defeated.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2023

And few actors brought such profound visceral weariness — and agitation — to Beckett’s wordlessness.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2023

It’s apt that at evening’s end, the performers stare out at the audience, in a period of serene wordlessness.

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2023

"The Tribe" is marked not just by wordlessness — the ambient sound makes it not truly silent — but by Slaboshpytskiy's mesmerizing long takes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2015

I feel like freezing on him, passing the rest of the evening in sulky wordlessness.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood