Silence in a sentence

We found 442 examples of how to use silence in an English sentence.

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Sentences with silence

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1. Many Americans are uncomfortable with silence, and they tend to regard silence in a conversation as a signal that they need to start talking.
2. Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.
3. A painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. We provide the music, and you provide the silence.
4. Sometimes silence is not oblivion. Sometimes silence is only patience.
5. Listen as one may, there is no shadow of a sound in all that mighty wilderness; nothing but silence—complete and heart-subduing silence.
6. Silence gives consent.
7. Speech is silver, but silence is golden.
8. I take it from your silence that you are not satisfied with my answer.
9. The chairperson ordered silence.
10. Silence grows like cancer.
11. Except for Tom, the family was all watching TV in silence.
12. More have repented speech than silence.
13. There followed a long silence.
14. That evening tea was partaken of in a grim silence.
15. A blanket of silence fell over everyone when they heard the disappointing announcement.
16. There followed a prolonged silence.
17. There was a silence.
18. The eternal silence of these infinite spaces terrifies me.
19. The captain commanded silence.
20. It is silence that is valuable now.
21. I think it strange that Alice should keep silence for such a long time.
22. I interpreted your silence as consent.
23. There came a complete silence. You could hear a pin drop.
24. There was complete silence. You could hear a pin drop.
25. All around is silence.

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