silent
adjective
making no sound; quiet; still.
silentness
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a word derived from
silent.
Example Sentences
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The silentness of night doth brood O'er this bright summer noon; And nature, in her holiest mood, Doth all things well attune, To joy in the religious dreams Of green and leafy June.
From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert
He was too evidently in one of his moods of sombre silentness, but his congratulations were warm and as he sat at dinner he made unusual efforts to be at his agreeable best.
From Westways by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)
Her hands still clasped as if in prayer, Sweet prayer set to silentness; Her sun-browned throat uplifted, bare And beautiful.
From Songs of the Mexican Seas by Miller, Joaquin
The servant who waited saw nothing to comment upon, except, perhaps, that the unwonted presence of a guest made little difference in the usual silentness of the meal.
From A Beautiful Alien by Magruder, Julia
Now all is still: the field-man is Lapped deep in slumbering silentness.
From Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume I. by De la Mare, Walter
