silence
noun
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
was silencing
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past progressiveof silence.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, the 31-year-old Milone, a Mets castoff filling in for the injured Stephen Strasburg for a second time, was silencing the anemic New York lineup.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2018
On the other side, Chen was silencing the Nationals’ bats.
From Washington Post ● May 26, 2018
“We wouldn’t like it if someone was silencing us.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2017
The costs led to complaints from students and others that the university was silencing a potentially contentious speech rather than encouraging free and open debate.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2016
But a Genius was silencing it by pointing to this motto, Tace, mundus concors, "Silence, the world is at peace."
From The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise by Arthur Léon, baron Imbert de Saint-Amand
