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
It’s apt that at evening’s end, the performers stare out at the audience, in a period of serene wordlessness.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 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 can be free of words now, I can lapse back into wordlessness, I can sink back into the rhythms of transience as if into bed.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
