muteness
- a word derived from mute.
Example Sentences
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Now that the clamor of humans had arrived, the muteness of the earth became more significant.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
Against this thick muteness, my ears strained to listen for something, anything.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2021
Harpo Marx’s muteness seems to turn up Groucho and Chico’s physical volume.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2021
Recently I wrote a book about those things, Recollections Of My Non-Existence, about the muteness of my formative years.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 29, 2020
But Nana took advantage of the slightest distraction on Nivea’s part to persist in her attempts to cure the child’s muteness with the same remedy she used for hiccups.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
