wordless
adjective
speechless, silent, or mute.
wordlessness
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a word derived from
wordless.
Example Sentences
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When Shane sang, that silence, the awful wordlessness was defeated.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2023
And few actors brought such profound visceral weariness — and agitation — to Beckett’s wordlessness.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
There’s something to the wordlessness of their pain, and the mystery of its depth.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2023
"The Tribe" is marked not just by wordlessness — the ambient sound makes it not truly silent — but by Slaboshpytskiy's mesmerizing long takes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2015
I feel like freezing on him, passing the rest of the evening in sulky wordlessness.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
