SILENCE in a Sentence
Learn SILENCE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
263 example sentences for SILENCE, such as:
1. His voice trailed off into silence.
2. Major raised his trotter for silence.
3. The shot was clearly audible in the silence.
4. At the beginning blazing heart Long silence.
5. The same dead silence still reigned all round.
2. Major raised his trotter for silence.
3. The shot was clearly audible in the silence.
4. At the beginning blazing heart Long silence.
5. The same dead silence still reigned all round.
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Meanings and Examples of SILENCE
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silence
v. cause to be quiet or not talk
n. the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 That trick of his of breaking in on his friends' thoughts with an apropos remark after a quarter of an hour's silence is really very showy and superficial.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2 There was silence for a moment, and then the daughter spoke in a calm clear voice.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
3 I stared in silence at Sherlock Holmes, whose lips were compressed and his brows drawn down over his eyes.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
4 Sherlock Holmes' earnest demeanour had so far convinced us that we all sat in silence, watching the animal intently, and expecting some startling effect.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
5 From the Sierra Nevada to Nebraska, and from the Yellowstone River in the north to the Colorado upon the south, is a region of desolation and silence.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
6 The same dead silence still reigned all round.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
7 In the silence of the room I could hear a dull humming and buzzing noise which proceeded from the same source.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
8 Then I swallowed the other, and we stood facing one another in silence for a minute or more, waiting to see which was to live and which was to die.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
9 Major raised his trotter for silence.
10 Then they filed back to the farm buildings and halted in silence outside the door of the farmhouse.
11 Finally Napoleon raised his trotter for silence and announced that he had already made all the arrangements.
12 Napoleon paced to and fro in silence, occasionally snuffing at the ground.
13 And for a little while they halted in sorrowful silence at the place where the windmill had once stood.
14 But in the morning a deep silence hung over the farmhouse.
15 Then there was silence; and a cow coughed; and that led her to say how odd it was, as a child, she had never feared cows, only horses.
Example Sentence: (53 in 4 pages)
1 Speaking in silence is the most intimate communication two beings can achieve.
2 Around them the darkness was absolute, the silence oppressive.
3 True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.
4 His voice trailed off into silence.
5 Sometimes silence is not happy, just want to put the heart headroom.
6 At the beginning blazing heart Long silence.
7 Marion spoke, eager to break the tense silence.
8 The shot was clearly audible in the silence.
9 His arrival brought complete silence to the room.
10 She sat in silence enjoying the ebb and flow of conversation.
11 In the silence we could hear the clock ticking.
12 Deep rivers move in silence, shallow brooks are noisy.
13 After dinner, Kate lapsed into a glum silence.
14 Many have suffered for talking, none ever suffered for keeping silence.
15 I heard the fan clicking and the bubbling of the hot-water kettle in the silence of the hall.