How to Use silence in a Sentence

silence

1 of 2 noun

• The silence was broken by the sound of footsteps in the hallway.
• We sat there in dead silence.
• I find it hard to sleep unless there is complete silence.
• The professor asked for silence.
• There was an awkward silence after he confessed his love for her.
• She finally ended her silence and spoke to the media about what happened.
• A long silence followed her reply.
• My sister's revelation was met with stunned silence.
• I will not be intimidated into silence.
• We must break 50 years of silence on issues like the government's involvement in assassination and espionage.
• Then, the silence is cracked open by the slice of a shovel breaking through the seal of the earth.
  — Dan Lambe, Treehugger, 13 Apr. 2023
• That, and the rise of the Walkman, seemed to finally bring on the sounds of silence.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
• The crowd looked in silence, seizing the moment as the shadows aligned with the forms on the ground.
  — Samantha Latson, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
• Mum rarely used curse words, so there was a long silence.
  — Hazlitt, 7 June 2023
• Some players just sit there, on the floor with their backs against a wall, in silence.
  — Roberto José Andrade Franco, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• The court sat in absolute silence for more than a minute.
  — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2023
• The silence at the center of this moral void is deafening.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2023
• Most of the time, Lipa makes her business moves in silence.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2024
• Mostly he was supported and was left to read the tea leaves of the silence of others.
  — Zach Buchanan, New York Times, 15 July 2023
• Some of the teams paddled in silence; some chattered to stave off fatigue.
  — Max Ufberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2023
• Your very own paper, The New York Times, said that after two hours, you’re starved for silence.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 12 Mar. 2024
• As in life, on-screen silence is as important as the words that bookend it.
  — Zoe Hewitt, Variety, 15 Dec. 2023
• The kite’s owner, 8-year-old Teddy Oh, watched in silence as hundreds of kites sailed through the air above him.
  — Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
• On May 3, Foxx broke his silence, thanking fans in a note for their support.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 July 2023
• Here are the best places on Maui to see a celestial event, or simply to soak in the silence and solitude of night in Hawaii.
  — Kyle Ellison, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2023
• All in dead silence, knowing your shot at a title had slipped away.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 13 May 2023
• In all that silence, terrible thoughts snagged in her mind.
  — Ellen Barry Hilary Swift, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• Jones continued, adding that Wilson was shot twice in the head, followed by silence, then a third time in the heart.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2023
• The movie raises the idea of silence to a nearly transcendent pitch of passion.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
• These grievances prompt the fiancée to write to him as well, urging him to write to his mother, who blamed the fiancée for his silence.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Nov. 2023

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silence

2 of 2 verb

• I will not be silenced!
• The mayor tried to silence his critics.
• It's obvious that the purpose of this law is to silence dissent.
• Disconnecting the battery will silence the alarm.
• My sister's revelation silenced everyone around the table.
• Boric called on the Chilean courts to get to the bottom of why Neruda was silenced.
  — Pablo Manríquez, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2023
• The Horns led for most of the first half, with Hunter managing to silence some of his old fans with a few good shots.
  — Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2023
• The payments to Daniels and McDougal were meant to silence them.
  — Ella Lee, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2023
• The alarm can be silenced, as well as tested, with the single push of a button.
  — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2023
• Yet O’Connor, who died this week at 56, refused to be silenced.
  — Allyson McCabe, Vulture, 27 July 2023
• In one town, things got so bad that parents were silenced.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 3 Oct. 2023
• In the middle of Butler’s sophomore season at San Diego State, the voice of one fan was silenced.
  — Jordan Ruttert, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
• The risks of reporting Of course, arrest wasn’t the only way to silence a reporter.
  — Bill Kovarik, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2023
• But also there’s a fine line of the government trying to silence us.
  — Cat Cardenas, Vulture, 21 June 2023
• Alabama needs a victory to help silence some of the doubters about the direction of the program.
  — USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
• Wang described how the Mao era had silenced people by the ubiquity of the great leader: his thoughts, his ideas, and his words rained down day and night.
  — Ian Johnson, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2023
• Thank you for speaking up and using your platform to showcase that we will not be silenced!
  — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 4 May 2023
• But with James trying to silence the fans, Westbrook hit two free throws to put the Lakers up three — just enough to make sure Doncic couldn’t beat them at the end of the fourth.
  — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
• The 26-year-old, though, started Thursday’s league game and silenced his critics with a brilliant finish in the opening five minutes of the match.
  — Ben Church, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
• Those who spoke up in self-defense were either silenced or co-opted.
  — Deborah Bonello, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• Pedestrians walked on and diners silenced their phones and returned to their cocktails and meals.
  — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2024
• Whatever the truth of it, Petco Park silenced the whispers.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024
• Bob's Red Mill Spooning up a bowl of oats is a good way to silence vending machine temptation.
  — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 26 Jan. 2023
• Aware that the Kings would try to replicate their Game 6 blueprint, Curry sifted out holes, attacked the rim with vengeance and silenced the cowbells.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 May 2023
• The only surprise is that the auditor found a way to write the report and publish it before being silenced.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
• Ziegler’s attorney denied there was any plot to silence Brooks.
  — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
• Just kicking her off a committee is not going to silence her.
  — Farnoush Amiri, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Apr. 2023
• Yet there are few pitching staffs that wouldn’t benefit from an in-his-prime Romo coming out of the bullpen to silence rallies.
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2023
• Fans find the entries—about how to let go of worries, silence critical voices in your head and more—easy to read and relatable.
  — Sarah Grossbart, wsj.com, 14 Dec. 2023
• Spraying some lubricating oil on the hinges might silence the squeak, but if the frame is falling apart, the problem will return.
  — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024