silent
adjective
making no sound; quiet; still.
silentness
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a word derived from
silent.
Example Sentences
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Upon either hand Were hills green-browed and mist-engarlanded, And all about their feet were woods bespread, Hoarding the cool and leafy silentness In many an unsunned hollow and hid recess.
From The Poems of William Watson by William Watson
Only a steady murmur seems to come Up from her silentness, as if the land Were breathing heavily in dreams.
From Among the Millet and Other Poems by Archibald Lampman
And of a very grave, I think dull, and very quiet little personage, who went about like a mouse, for silentness, and gave no trouble to anybody, excepting only to herself.
From Daisy by Susan Warner
None could sleep, for through all the air there was a presage of sorrow, a solemn "tingling silentness," to which their senses were painfully alive.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 by Various
With changeful sound life beats upon the ear; Yet, striving for release, The most seductive string's Sweet jargonings, The happiest throat's Most easeful, lovely notes Fall back into a veiling silentness.
From Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume I. by Walter De la Mare
