Below you will find example sentences with "stay silent". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Stay Silent in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: silent
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 24.8 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 3 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "stay silent" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.8 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a choice stay silent and accept, chose to stay silent, want, says and biden stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with stay home, stay safe, stay healthy, silent film, remained silent and silent auction, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with stay silent
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Should I stay silent on that? (6 words)
He says he won't stay silent. (7 words)
Bun B won't stay silent any longer. (8 words)
The reporting also described him as a “turncoat” and an “informant” against other touts, which led to him being told to stay silent by members of a WhatsApp group containing around 350 others who traded tickets on unregulated markets. (39 words)
She should not have to defend herself, but in this culture where white people want her to stay silent because she is Black and men want her to stay quiet because she is a woman, she cannot. (37 words)
A consumer rights organization says the Canadian Transportation Agency is pressuring passengers to stay silent about its rulings on their complaints -- a move the country's airline regulator says falls squarely within its mandate under the law. (37 words)
Should I stay silent on that? (6 words)
So Once again Guyanese are getting a choice, stay silent and accept “lil-wuk” or fight for their rightful share of their wealth and get “big money”, so once again Guyanese, what will it be? (35 words)
Do you think that Carly will persuade Jax to stay silent about Nelle being Nina’s daughter? (17 words)
Example sentences (20)
If you are a witness to violence, intervene or get help, but do not stay silent: remaining silent is to be guilty of complicity.
She should not have to defend herself, but in this culture where white people want her to stay silent because she is Black and men want her to stay quiet because she is a woman, she cannot.
And on Wednesday, as the situation was brought up by Susanna during a segment with Andi, Ed instead chose to stay silent.
At work, speaking when everyone expects you to stay silent, and vice versa, can be a passport to promotion.
Georgia, who opted to stay silent in the wake of the scandal, finally spoke to to this week to call out while also apologising for her actions.
He says he won't stay silent.
PDP Jammu provincial president (youth) Pervez Waffa, who was among those detained, condemned the police action and said his party would not stay silent when people from outside are being settled in Jammu and Kashmir.
Should I stay silent on that?
A consumer rights organization says the Canadian Transportation Agency is pressuring passengers to stay silent about its rulings on their complaints -- a move the country's airline regulator says falls squarely within its mandate under the law.
For President Biden, the key to this year’s campaign may be banking on Donald Trump’s inability to stay silent at critical moments and hoping that he keeps reminding voters why they rejected him in 2020.
Georgas said that she’s “been trying my hardest to stay silent” about what happened in order to support Jenn Tran, but wanted to “be honest” going forward.
Marks & Spencer bosses stay silent on future of store in Peterborough's Queensga.
So Once again Guyanese are getting a choice, stay silent and accept “lil-wuk” or fight for their rightful share of their wealth and get “big money”, so once again Guyanese, what will it be?
The reporting also described him as a “turncoat” and an “informant” against other touts, which led to him being told to stay silent by members of a WhatsApp group containing around 350 others who traded tickets on unregulated markets.
They take the largest share and do what they want with it while we stay silent.
When Mr. Biden was the Democratic nominee, his team pushed hard for the muted microphones rule, arguing that Mr. Trump could not be trusted to stay silent when Mr. Biden was speaking.
Bun B won't stay silent any longer.
But since mud is being flung at someone else, I cannot stay silent, for other readers may blame Elton “Uppy” Leonard, owner of Bobby’s, for my folly.
Do you think that Carly will persuade Jax to stay silent about Nelle being Nina’s daughter?
If they stay silent while a Labour peer plots to conspire with teaching unions to deprive children of an education, they’ll be shown up as pathetic cowards.