SILENT in a Sentence

Learn SILENT 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.
261 example sentences for SILENT, such as:
1. He gave me the silent treatment.
2. Where drums beat, laws are silent.
3. Scarlett was silent and her heart sank.
4. Her voice quavered and she fell silent.
5. Beware of a silent dog and still water.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of SILENT
silent
 a.  not made to sound
 a.  unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  But hitherto the emotion had remained in him as a silent ache, veiling with sadness the beauty that evoked it.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  Zenobia's fault-finding was of the silent kind, but not the less penetrating for that.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In III
3  She sat silent, her hands clasped on her work, and it seemed to him that a warm current flowed toward him along the strip of stuff that still lay unrolled between them.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
4  She was no longer the listless creature who had lived at his side in a state of sullen self-absorption, but a mysterious alien presence, an evil energy secreted from the long years of silent brooding.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
5  She stood silent a moment, drooping before him like a broken branch.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
6  With every yard of the way some spot where they had stood, and laughed together or been silent, clutched at Ethan and dragged him back.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
7  She was silent, but he felt a slight tremor in the shoulder against his.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
8  She stood silent, her hands lying cold and relaxed in his.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
9  Mrs. Hale paused a moment, and I remained silent, plunged in the vision of what her words evoked.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
10  Scarlett was silent and her heart sank.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
11  Even with Honey, with whom he had an unspoken understanding of marriage when he came into his property next fall, he was diffident and silent.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
12  The laughter and talking became less animated and groups here and there fell silent.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
13  Her heart was quieter now and she tiptoed up the steps into the silent hall.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
14  Over the waffles next morning, Pittypat was lachrymose, Melanie was silent and Scarlett defiant.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
15  After an interval of silent sewing, they heard sounds outside and, peering through the curtains, they saw Dr. Meade alighting from his horse.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
Example Sentence: (51 in 4 pages)
1  Beware of a silent dog and still water.
2  From no words not talked about speechless, only need a silent instant just.
3  The engine is almost silent at low revs.
4  See, listen, and be silent, and you will live in peace.
5  As the curtain rose, the audience fell silent.
6  Where drums beat, laws are silent.
7  He gave me the silent treatment.
8  A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth.
9  Her voice quavered and she fell silent.
10  We, the rustling leaves, have a voice that answers the storms, but who are you so silent " I am a mere flower.
11  The boys looked at the conjuror in silent wonder.
12  The children watched the conjuror in silent wonder.
13  There is a stare look on with a disregard called called silent care.
14  The crowded church was silent for a few seconds at these words no citizen of Decin had ever heard before.
15  I said a silent farewell to my village as I left for the city.