Silence means The absence of any sound. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like curb or suppress and the Dutch translation zwijgen.
Silence in a sentence
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Silence meaning
- The absence of any sound.
- The act of refraining from speaking.
- Refraining from speaking, for purposes of prayer or meditation; especially, a form of worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers) during meetings.
Synonyms of Silence
Silence in Dutch
Example sentences (20)
As she screams in silence about the outcome of the Cotton Bowl, you know where we’ll be found when you come around.
A Belgian woman asked how to stop her cat from meowing loudly, and Galaxy recommended rewarding the cat’s silence.
Additionally, he called out the royal family’s “deafening” silence over Jeremy Clarkson’s in The Sun about his wife.
Coming from a community that oppressed her into silence, Quiet's wish is to find her place in this dark, chaotic world.
Comprising of a whopping 18 episodes - each around 35 to 45 minutes long - Pact of Silence is streaming on Netflix now.
De Niro lost to Anthony Hopkins for another horror performance, as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs.
Earlier Saturday at East Lansing, a moment of silence was held before the women´s game against No. 8 Maryland.
But 5 months since their protest had hit the headlines, all we hear is silence from the corridors of energy.
Black trees, ashes, no animals wandering, complete exposure to sunlight, dry conditions, the smell of burned wood, silence.
All students observed the commemorative silence with the utmost respect and wore their poppies with pride.
And the first thing I felt Ron DeSantis made sure he did was to silence all of the opposition that had come out against him.
But when the impacts of the climate crisis are all around us and getting worse, this silence is deafening.
Despite the silence coming from his diamond-encrusted watch, he still clearly hears the ticks inaudibly ringing in his head.
After months of silence, the team at Scottish brewery has issued an update on its plans for Lincolnshire.
Det Insp Claire McGarvey urged victims of domestic abuse not to suffer in silence and to contact police with any information.
According to Page Six, the actor is seeking a bigger payout than what they originally agreed upon in exchange for his silence.
Bobby Brazier has broken silence on dad Jeff after his grandmother - and Jade Goody's mum - threatened to "let rip" about him.
A closer view of the sculpture in question from ‘Kehinde Wiley: An Archeology of Silence’, de Young Museum, San Francisco, 2023.
But surely one of its biggest assets is its women – now largely hidden, beaten and cowed into silence.
A moment of silence for the victims was observed Friday night before the South Elgin-Glenbard East varsity football game in Lombard.
Common combinations with silence
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of silence 32×
- to silence 19×
- silence and 19×
- in silence 18×
- the silence 16×
- silence on 14×
- his silence 13×
- her silence 11×
- silence in 10×
- silence for 8×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word silence. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.