1
: not expressed in or accompanied by words
a wordless picture book
2
: silent, speechless
sat wordless throughout the meeting
wordlessly
adverb
wordlessness
noun
Examples of wordless in a Sentence
he stood wordless before his accusers
a wordless fondness for each other
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The cowboy, that paragon of rugged individualism, stands for stoicism and a wordless sweaty brotherhood.
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Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2025
The girl’s hope that she might not be harmed, her wordless appeal to him, was answered, showing the depth of the expectation of goodness and the naturalness of the response.
—Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Her time in the leaf makes up a short but highly potent part of the novel: Mira and her father enter into a wordless conversation on life, death, grief, and art, until Mira must be coaxed out of the leaf and back into the human world.
—Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 1 May 2025
Back to battle once again for their lives and a giant cash prize, the wordless preview sees contestants facing a series of high-stakes situations, involving guns, fists and an ominous giant gumball machine.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 May 2025
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Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2025
The girl’s hope that she might not be harmed, her wordless appeal to him, was answered, showing the depth of the expectation of goodness and the naturalness of the response.
—Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Her time in the leaf makes up a short but highly potent part of the novel: Mira and her father enter into a wordless conversation on life, death, grief, and art, until Mira must be coaxed out of the leaf and back into the human world.
—Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 1 May 2025
Back to battle once again for their lives and a giant cash prize, the wordless preview sees contestants facing a series of high-stakes situations, involving guns, fists and an ominous giant gumball machine.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for wordless
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“Wordless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wordless. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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wordless
adjective
word·less
ˈwərd-ləs 
1
: not expressed in or having words
a wordless picture book
2
: silent sense 1, speechless
sat wordless throughout the meeting
wordlessly
adverb
wordlessness
noun
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