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Recent Examples of wordless The wordless moment between them when Ellie returns home only confirms this. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2025 There’ll probably be some cowbells, and there might be someone trilling in sultry Portuguese or a burst of wordless, stoic alpha-male grunts. Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Mar. 2025 The seventh episode of The White Lotus’ third season opens with a wordless montage of images from a Muay Thai match. Judy Berman, Time, 31 Mar. 2025 The wordless narrative tells the story of life after war, capturing the struggle for freedom in the wake of conflict. Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wordless
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Adjective
  • Plus, each drawer opens and closes smoothly thanks to the silent metal slide construction.
    Bridget Degnan, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 May 2025
  • There were silent Sunday night dinners at restaurants and essentially no contact with any extended relatives.
    Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • Here are two compliments that seem generous on the surface, but may carry unspoken terms that could be conditioning you to stay small in order to stay loved.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • The game was governed by specific rules, unspoken etiquette, superstitions, and a complicated scoring system.
    Nicole Wong, Vogue, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • In helicopter video taken by Air Maui Helicopter Tours in Lahaina and posted online the people aboard are largely speechless.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Because his work, as is often the case, leaves us almost speechless.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2023

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“Wordless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wordless. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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