On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Silent. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as inaudible or inexplicit and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Silent meaning
- Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
- Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
- Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.
Synonyms of Silent
Using Silent
- The main meaning on this page is: Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet. | Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative. | Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.
- Useful related words include: inaudible, unhearable, unsounded, inexplicit.
- In the example corpus, silent often appears in combinations such as: the silent, silent and, silent film.
Context around Silent
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Silent
- In this selection, "silent" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, essanay, american, german, film, bob and cinema stand out and add context to how "silent" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include niles essanay silent film museum, 2005 is silent during its, silent film, remained silent and silent auction. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "silent" sits close to words such as wounded, approaches and completion, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with silent
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The silent majority is no longer silent. (7 words)
Silent protester holds sign that read”silent but not silenced,” Feb. 27 in the LBJ Teaching Theater. (17 words)
Each year the Silent Samaritans of Scotland Family Counseling Center plan the annual luncheon of the Silent Samaritan Society. (19 words)
It mostly works, and it’s just as outlandish and ridiculous as the scenes when Jay and Silent Bob actually made it to Hollywood in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, but it never feels like it matches the hilarity of its predecessor. (43 words)
You’ll get to jam to the latest tunes at the Silent Groove Jam, party with two of Malaysia’s hottest DJs, meet your favourite influencers, and sweat it out at the first-ever silent pound fit classes. (38 words)
However, after shooting only a few scenes, Fox shut Hawks down and ordered him to make a silent film, both because of Griffith's voice and because they only owned the legal rights to make a silent film. (38 words)
So what common 10-letter word contains a silent B, a silent E and a silent O? What word is it? (21 words)
Guy Maddin won awards for his homage to Soviet era silent films with his short The Heart of the World after which he made a feature-length silent, Brand Upon the Brain! (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
So what common 10-letter word contains a silent B, a silent E and a silent O? What word is it?
According to Anton Kaes, a silent film scholar from the University of Wisconsin, American silent cinema began to see a shift in acting techniques between 1913 and 1921, influenced by techniques found in German silent film.
Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien 's acclaimed drama Three Times (2005) is silent during its middle third, complete with intertitles; Stanley Tucci 's The Impostors has an opening silent sequence in the style of early silent comedies.
Authentic, honest, and transparent, have enabled Michelle to take what she has learned during her silent struggle and remove the word “silent” from it.
This is one of two Silent Spaces (a scheme that offers dedicated biodiverse spaces within public gardens where visitors can be silent and reflect) in this sub-tropical garden.
You’ll get to jam to the latest tunes at the Silent Groove Jam, party with two of Malaysia’s hottest DJs, meet your favourite influencers, and sweat it out at the first-ever silent pound fit classes.
As a rule, owls are famous for their silent flight and hypersensitive hearing, both adaptations that fish owls lack – as their prey is underwater, a silent attack is unnecessary.
Each year the Silent Samaritans of Scotland Family Counseling Center plan the annual luncheon of the Silent Samaritan Society.
If you are a witness to violence, intervene or get help, but do not stay silent: remaining silent is to be guilty of complicity.
In other words, you either can’t get an erection, or even if you get an erection, you have penetrated your vagina, but you are silent and silent during sex powergold male enhancement pills.
It mostly works, and it’s just as outlandish and ridiculous as the scenes when Jay and Silent Bob actually made it to Hollywood in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, but it never feels like it matches the hilarity of its predecessor.
Silent Adventures, which runs silent disco tours across the UK, will be staging them from Monday-Friday in East Princes Street Gardens, avoiding the busy weekend peak periods at the markets and bars.
The silent majority is no longer silent.
People of God stop being silent even if the priest is silent, because they can punish the Bishop, but they cannot they cannot punish you people.
Pope Francis on Palm Sunday urged young people not to be silent and let their voices be heard, even in the face of corrupt or silent elders.
Silent protester holds sign that read”silent but not silenced,” Feb. 27 in the LBJ Teaching Theater.
Guy Maddin won awards for his homage to Soviet era silent films with his short The Heart of the World after which he made a feature-length silent, Brand Upon the Brain!
He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy Clerks (1994), which he wrote, directed, co-produced, and acted in as the character Silent Bob of stoner duo "Jay & Silent Bob".
However, after shooting only a few scenes, Fox shut Hawks down and ordered him to make a silent film, both because of Griffith's voice and because they only owned the legal rights to make a silent film.
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum main The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum is a film museum located in Niles on the former site of the Essanay Studios where Broncho Billy and Charlie Chaplin made films in the 1910s.
Phrases with silent
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with silent
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the silent 22×
- silent and 14×
- silent film 14×
- silent on 13×
- is silent 10×
- be silent 10×
- silent auction 10×
- remained silent 10×
- and silent 9×
- stay silent 8×