English example sentences with "silence"

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Silence gives consent.
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Speech is silver, but silence is golden.
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I take it from your silence that you are not satisfied with my answer.
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The chairperson ordered silence.
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Silence grows like cancer.
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Except for Tom, the family was all watching TV in silence.
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More have repented speech than silence.
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There followed a long silence.
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That evening tea was partaken of in a grim silence.
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A blanket of silence fell over everyone when they heard the disappointing announcement.
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There followed a prolonged silence.
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There was a silence.
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The eternal silence of these infinite spaces terrifies me.
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The captain commanded silence.
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It is silence that is valuable now.
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I think it strange that Alice should keep silence for such a long time.
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I interpreted your silence as consent.
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There came a complete silence. You could hear a pin drop.
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There was complete silence. You could hear a pin drop.
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All around is silence.
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You have only to sit in silence.
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Speech is silver, silence is gold.
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We were awed into silence when we heard the story.
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My speech was greeted with cold silence.
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My silence is not to be read as consent.
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I cannot let the remark pass by in silence.
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I interpreted his silence as consent.
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I interpreted their silence as consent.
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I was all the more worried for her silence.
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I interpreted her silence as a refusal.
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She got all the more angry for my silence.
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We ate with chopsticks in restrained silence.
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Put one's finger on one's lips for silence.
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The silence in the forest is restful.
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The human heart has hidden treasures, in secret kept, in silence sealed.
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Silence reigned in the forest.
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Suddenly Nancy screamed in the midst of silence.
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We sat in total silence.
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The whole company stood in silence for a few moments, as a tribute to the dead.
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There was a short silence on the other end.
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There was a long silence. At length she said, "So you're leaving me."
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Be silent, or say something better than silence.
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Voiceless screaming was interestingly represented through music notation by Alfred Schnittke: "silence fortissimo".
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Silence often implies resistance.
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Silence is golden, but not when trying to learn a foreign language.
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Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
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Silence often implies consent.
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Many Americans are uncomfortable with silence, and they tend to regard silence in a conversation as a signal that they need to start talking.
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Many Americans are uncomfortable with silence, and they tend to regard silence in a conversation as a signal that they need to start talking.
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You can't identify silence with agreement when you visit Japan.
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There was an awkward silence when he appeared.
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She inferred from his silence that he was angry.
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Do you think his silence denotes guilt?
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I felt myself insulted when he kept silence.
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When he finished speaking, there was a silence.
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What does his silence imply?
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His silence was a practical admission of guilt.
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I felt his silence insulting me.
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He intended to persist in his silence.
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He raised his hand as if to command silence.
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He neither spoke nor wept, but went out in silence.
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He interpreted my silence as consent.
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He was shocked into silence.
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Don't interpret their silence as obedience.
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They kept silence.
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They bribed the witness into silence.
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She stared at a UFO in silence.
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She has suffered his ill treatment of her in silence for years.
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She frowned him into silence.
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She hung up in silence.
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She went out of the room in silence and closed the door.
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It was his silence which made her angry.
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A scream broke the silence.
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Speech is silver, silence is golden.
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The eerie silence struck terror into their hearts.
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No silence was ever written down.
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Silence is an admission of guilt.
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We interpret your silence as consent.
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You needn't suffer in silence.
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The silence of the night comforts us.
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The reason for my silence is there was nothing special to write about.
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You have done these things, and I kept silence. You thought that the "I AM" was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.
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The very pure spirit does not bother about the regard of others or human respect, but communes inwardly with God, alone and in solitude as to all forms, and with delightful tranquility, for the knowledge of God is received in divine silence.
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The bird's cry broke the silence of the woods.
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Jessie stared at Jordan in dead silence.
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The men looked at Jessie in silence.
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Break the silence.
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Silence is golden, not sacred.
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Languages should not be used, for that would adulterate their beauty. Rather, they should be cryogenically frozen and observed in silence.
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Silence is a sign of consent.
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My companions were watching me in silence and, unlike other times when my wonder had made them laugh, they remained serious.
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We sat together in silence for some time.
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We are ever brutal to those who love and serve us in silence.
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The silence in the library was disturbed by the ringing of a cell phone.
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Silence makes some people nervous.
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They watched me in silence.
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Her silence surprised me.
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His silence surprised me.
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A prolonged silence followed.
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Silence is golden.
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There was a moment of silence.
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