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Recent Examples of nonspeaking
Adele got a nonspeaking part in the human machine that would gouge the prisoner’s sentence into the officer’s body.
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Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Finally, a shout-out to actor Ryan Cooper, who plays the dead man, for the most part a nonspeaking role.
—Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 15 June 2017
Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Finally, a shout-out to actor Ryan Cooper, who plays the dead man, for the most part a nonspeaking role.
—Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 15 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonspeaking
Adjective
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The story’s ending hinges on a small, almost wordless exchange.—
Sabrina Jaszi,
The Dial,
28 May 2026
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Looking at them fills her with a wordless unease.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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For the next hour, pages turned until silent reading time made way for more conversation.—
Sneha Dhandapani,
CNN Money,
6 June 2026
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Many people wait until ideas feel perfectly polished before contributing, which often leads them to remain silent too long.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
Adjective
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Liam is slightly more reserved and is the lethal, heavy finisher.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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Fetterman's criticism of Platner marks a break from other Senate Democrats, who have been more reserved on the issue.—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
Adjective
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The Lions have been mum about a knee injury that forced him to miss 11 games last season.—
Colton Pouncy,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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As for interior, the yard was mum on those details for now, at least.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The New York Knicks’ president, a stout, taciturn man, surly about the mouth, who spurns engagement with the media but whose competence no contemporary Knicks follower can gainsay, stands in a crowd, surrounded by cheering fans.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
2 June 2026
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The club took him in and allowed the shy, taciturn boy to develop into one of Italian football’s most celebrated leaders.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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Just as importantly, His voice was loud and and clear in marshalling a Chelsea back line that has too often appeared quiet and uncommunicative in his absence this season.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
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The very existence of the trust reveals something about how far the avoidance has gone: families so uncommunicative about wealth that the inheritance conversation has been outsourced, formalized, and calendared like a board meeting.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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Juxtaposed against their laconic back-and-forth, Lin’s breathless, manic sentences betray a grifter’s nonsense.—
Jonathan Odden,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Jarmusch wrote and directed this story of laconic vampires, creatures who have lived so long and seen so much that the world mostly leaves them apathetic.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
23 May 2026
Adjective
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This is quiet luxury in hotel form.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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And yet art-world institutions—including major museums, schools, commercial galleries, and publishing outlets—have mostly avoided the fawning capitulation of universities and Democrats, simply going quiet in the hope of escaping notice for the next three years.—
Katy Siegel,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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“Nonspeaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonspeaking. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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