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Recent Examples of silently
After years of silently suffering extensive mental and physical abuse as well as threats of retaliation, Taylor is finally gaining the strength to face her accuser and taking steps to ensure that she and her children are protected from any further harm.
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Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026
Maybe the point was to show that Caroline was more equipped at isolating herself from the public — leaving the loft, people gathered outside the apartment make way for Caroline to silently reach her car.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
At Art Basel Hong Kong, Asia’s biggest art fair, a mysterious AI agent silently observed passersby through two tracking cameras.
—Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
His young bride—unnamed, like most women in the novel—silently grapples with the realization that she is not wanted.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Belafonte had to do that behind the scenes, silently.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
After years of silently suffering extensive mental and physical abuse as well as threats of retaliation, Taylor is finally gaining the strength to face her accuser and taking steps to ensure that she and her children are protected from any further harm.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
After a catastrophic debris strike destroys their shuttle during a spacewalk, Sandra Bullock’s astronaut is left untethered, spinning silently against the vastness of space, while George Clooney’s veteran astronaut tries to guide her from a distance.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
After years of silently suffering extensive mental and physical abuse as well as threats of retaliation, Taylor is finally gaining the strength to face her accuser and taking steps to ensure that she and her children are protected from any further harm.
—Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026
Maybe the point was to show that Caroline was more equipped at isolating herself from the public — leaving the loft, people gathered outside the apartment make way for Caroline to silently reach her car.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
At Art Basel Hong Kong, Asia’s biggest art fair, a mysterious AI agent silently observed passersby through two tracking cameras.
—Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
His young bride—unnamed, like most women in the novel—silently grapples with the realization that she is not wanted.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Belafonte had to do that behind the scenes, silently.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
After years of silently suffering extensive mental and physical abuse as well as threats of retaliation, Taylor is finally gaining the strength to face her accuser and taking steps to ensure that she and her children are protected from any further harm.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
After a catastrophic debris strike destroys their shuttle during a spacewalk, Sandra Bullock’s astronaut is left untethered, spinning silently against the vastness of space, while George Clooney’s veteran astronaut tries to guide her from a distance.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
After years of silently suffering extensive mental and physical abuse as well as threats of retaliation, Taylor is finally gaining the strength to face her accuser and taking steps to ensure that she and her children are protected from any further harm.
—Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for silently
Adverb
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But my next words slipped soundlessly to the ground before the yellow vinyl material, like the final sprays of a park fountain at closing time.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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The Drifters Ferris wheel sent riders floating in hot air balloons that soared soundlessly toward the glass dome above the park.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
5 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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The wife quietly told her husband to hide his kippah under his hat.—
Arielle Kaden,
New York Daily News,
29 Mar. 2026
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In many Black families, caregiving happens quietly.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Silently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silently. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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