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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.
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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
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Her voice became a wordless shriek.
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The actors spent time forging the kind of intimate charge that could be felt in wordless glances between their closeted characters.
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That silent fear comes back as an earnout, where you only get paid if that client stays.
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Beyond the music, there are festive parades, workshops for making puppets or gardening, a 5K run, yoga, silent discos and much more.
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Only standing-room general admission tickets remain; family, friends and classmates have already purchased the reserved seats.
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For years, cloud optimization focused heavily on areas such as compute sizing, storage efficiency and reserved instance planning.
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Zendaya and Tom Holland have stayed mum about how and when their friendly co-star relationship turned romantic, but according to a source, one unexpected viral moment was a dating game-changer for the Dune actress.
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When the president’s immigration enforcement tactics wreaked havoc on everyday life in America’s cities, GOP lawmakers were mum.
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But, at times, Lasher is more taciturn than some of the politicians who have endorsed him.
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Very little happens in the film, and since both Robin and Sister Brigid are quite taciturn there’s not much in the way of scintillating dialogue either.
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Staff being uncommunicative with EMS workers.
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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.
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Actor Efren Ramírez nailed Pedro's laconic, deadpan style that made his promise a hilarious highlight.
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Juxtaposed against their laconic back-and-forth, Lin’s breathless, manic sentences betray a grifter’s nonsense.
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Prosecutors also alleged King fathered a child through an extra-marital affair and threatened the child’s mother to keep quiet.
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But he is viewed by Labour supporters as a more effective, optimistic and plain-speaking communicator than Starmer, who's quiet, lawyerly manner has consistently failed to connect with the public's national mood.
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“Nonspeaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonspeaking. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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