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Recent Examples of silently
Judge Joun listened silently to each before asking Evans for his own statement.
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Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
As the anthem played, the women stood silently on the pitch.
—Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 3 Mar. 2026
In 2025, the actress revealed that she was diagnosed with fibroids back in 2014, and like far too many other women with the condition, had suffered silently for much longer, dealing with heavy periods and severe pelvic pain that she’d been led to believe were normal.
—Beth Krietsch, SELF, 2 Mar. 2026
The man silently looked at the floor.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
For years, this community has feared that Morgan’s abductor lived silently among us and that one of our kids could be next.
—Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Feb. 2026
While high blood sugar doesn’t often cause immediate symptoms, the extra glucose can silently cause damage to almost every part of the body.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Later, the pair is shown sitting silently on a park bench, and then continuing their conversation on the street near their apartment.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2026
Up to now, Texas’ state education code only guaranteed students and staff the right to pray or meditate silently.
—Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
As the anthem played, the women stood silently on the pitch.
—Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 3 Mar. 2026
In 2025, the actress revealed that she was diagnosed with fibroids back in 2014, and like far too many other women with the condition, had suffered silently for much longer, dealing with heavy periods and severe pelvic pain that she’d been led to believe were normal.
—Beth Krietsch, SELF, 2 Mar. 2026
The man silently looked at the floor.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
For years, this community has feared that Morgan’s abductor lived silently among us and that one of our kids could be next.
—Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Feb. 2026
While high blood sugar doesn’t often cause immediate symptoms, the extra glucose can silently cause damage to almost every part of the body.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Later, the pair is shown sitting silently on a park bench, and then continuing their conversation on the street near their apartment.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2026
Up to now, Texas’ state education code only guaranteed students and staff the right to pray or meditate silently.
—Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 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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Steps from the Capitol's West Front and where the worst of the fighting occurred, workers quietly have installed a plaque honoring the officers, three years after it was required by law to be erected.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
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Women were punished differently — whipped, branded, sold, imprisoned, or quietly executed.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Silently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silently. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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