“Silent Night”
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A song of Christmas, originally composed in Austria in the nineteenth century. It begins, “Silent night, holy night, / All is calm, all is bright....”
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THINGAMABOB OR THINGUMMY: CAN YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE US AND UK TERMS IN THIS QUIZ?
Do you know the difference between everyday US and UK terminology? Test yourself with this quiz on words that differ across the Atlantic.
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In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…
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silent barter, silent butler, silent cop, silent disco, silent majority, “Silent Night”, silent partner, silent service, silent treatment, silent vote, Silenus
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How to use “Silent Night” in a sentence
The voice of praise should echo through the silent night and float over the sleeping city.
The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Volume III|Alexander MaclarenStill are such songs to be heard in Hungary's forests, and around her villages, in the silent night-time.
This silent night-wind bloweth heavenly pure; Like dimpled warmth of an infantine face.
My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale|Thomas WoolnerBut largest and loveliest of all the silent night-gliders—the $1!
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2|John Wilson