Silent in A Sentence

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    A church of silent air rings loud today; hymn books stand sentry by the doors, orders of service behind them.

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    A holy life is a voice; it speaks when the tongue is silent and is either a constant attraction or a perpetual reproof.

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    A northerly sweeps the frozen plain lifting the silent snow in white swirls.

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    A silent killer (Robert Lang ), wearing white sneakers, has been slashing to death women in London.

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    A silent thought, a silent tear, Always wishing you were here.

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    A tree in the garden snapped with the frost, and then all was again perfectly silent.

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    A'Ran was silent, studying Ne'Rin.

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    After a silent grace, they began filling their plates.

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    After a while Jackson, still silent, rose and headed for the door.

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    After each contribution there will be a silent pause to assimilate what has been said and to perceive what rightly follows.

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    After injury many of these silent synapses become active, leading to a readjustment of CNS function.

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    After that Petya remained silent for a long time, listening to the sounds.

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    Again all was silent and then again it sounded as if someone were walking on detonators and exploding them.

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    Again all was silent, but Prince Andrew knew she was still sitting there.

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    Agglomerations of consonants are often met with as initials, giving the appearance of telescoped words - an appearance which historical etymology often confirms. IVlany of these initial consonants are silent in the dialects of the central provinces, or have been resolved into a simpler one of another character.

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    Aird in the same marvelous dream had used the words, " The silent magnanimity of Nature and her God.

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    All his loquacity was suddenly arrested and replaced by a naive and silent feeling of admiration.

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    All is silent save for the faint hum of well inflated tires on the dry road.

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    All she had to do was choose the color she wanted to wear-- black for the past several days in silent objection to her presence aboard the ship-- and the ship's computer wove it for her.

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    All stood silent, and a soft, pleasant velvety voice began to sing.

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    All that day and the next his friends and comrades noticed that Rostov, without being dull or angry, was silent, thoughtful, and preoccupied.

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    All these features, he says, had been handed down in an unpublished and unspoken teaching, in a silent and sacramental tradition.

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    All this time Natasha sat silent, glancing up at him from under her brows.

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    All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. She glanced up at him again, not expecting someone from the lower class and trained for battle to wear such a classic quote.

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    All were silent or talked in low tones.

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    All were silent, expectant of what was to follow, for this was clearly only a prelude.

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    All were silent, only the pilgrim woman went on in measured tones, drawing in her breath.

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    All were silent, waiting for what he would say.

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    Also, turning her head, she found that she could see the boy beside her, who had until now remained as still and silent as she herself.

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    Ammonia can be synthesized by submitting a mixture of nitrogen and hydrogen to the action of the silent electric discharge, the combination, however, being very imperfect.

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    And it all gives rise to a kind of silent scream in the believer's heart.

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    And when she cries You hear her silent screams The glass shatters the Grip on her fantasy.

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    Anything would have been better than his silent disapproval.

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    Apparently the tall blond humanoid had a silent and invisible companion that never manifested itself in human form.

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    As a lecturer, he was inferior in charm and eloquence to Brown and Stewart; the latter says that "silent and respectful attention" was accorded to the "simplicity and perspicuity of his style" and "the gravity and authority of his character."

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    As she rounded the curve in the staircase, the room became silent.

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    At eight next morning she entered the hall of execution, having taken leave of the weeping envoy from Scotland, to whom she gave a brief message for her son; took her seat on the scaffold, listened with an air of even cheerful unconcern to the reading of her sentence, solemnly declared her innocence of the charge conveyed in it and her consolation in the prospect of ultimate justice, rejected the professional services of Richard Fletcher, dean of Peterborough, lifted up her voice in Latin against his in English prayer, and when he and his fellow-worshippers had fallen duly silent prayed aloud for the prosperity of her own church, for Elizabeth, for her son, and for all the enemies whom she had commended overnight to the notice of the Spanish invader; then, with no less courage than had marked every hour and every action of her life, received the stroke of death from the wavering hand of the headsman.

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    At midnight, when there was a moon, I sometimes met with hounds in my path prowling about the woods, which would skulk out of my way, as if afraid, and stand silent amid the bushes till I had passed.

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    Back in Cork, members of the local flying column are in the cinema watching a silent newsreel.

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    Behind him, huge clouds of an almost impossible purple turned slowly topsy-turvy in the silent anarchy of heaven.

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    Berthelot that under the influence of the silent electric discharge, a mixture of benzene vapour and argon underwent contraction, with formation of a gummy product from which the argon could be recovered.

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    Bird Song was as quiet as a tomb, with Janet either the most silent domestic on record or snoozing away in an unoccupied room.

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    But fear of seeing disappointment in the eyes of her mentor kept her silent.

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    But from the new point of view its method was inadequate too, its contentment with an induction that merely leaves an opponent silent, when experiment and the application of a calculus were within the possibilities.

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    But he disobeyed the command to be silent about the matter, and the result was that Jesus could not openly enter into the town, but remained outside in the country.

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    But the destruction of Jerusalem is not quite unique, and somewhat later we meet with indirect evidence for at least one similar disaster upon which the records are silent.

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    But the spirit, though adjured with all solemnity, remained obstinately silent; and it soon appeared that a naughty girl of eleven had been amusing herself by making fools of so many philosophers.

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    But to make such a conversion from phenomenalism plausible, it is necessary to be silent about his whole psychology, logic, and epistemology, and the consequent limitation of knowledge to experience, and of reason to ideas and " ideals," without any power of inferring corresponding things.

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    But to say that it is two judgments causing a third is always true, and the very essence of inference, because we must think the two to conclude the third in " the sessions of sweet silent thought."

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    But Zumalacarregui, who was noted for his grave and silent disposition and his strong religious principles, disliked the disorderly life of the guerrillas, and when regular forces were organized in the north he entered the 1st battalion of Guipuzcoa as an officer.

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    C. Brodie in 1853 showed that a trace of iodine also expedited the change_ The same form is also produced by submitting ordinary phosphorus to the silent electric discharge, to sunlight or the ultraviolet light.

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    Call The Cormorant is mostly silent, but occasionally makes a harsh croak.

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    Coligny, Lord Burghley and William the Silent also entered into murder plots.

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    Count William Lewis of Nassau-Siegen, nephew and son-in-law of William the Silent, was chosen stadtholder, and through all the vicissitudes of the 17th and 18th centuries the stadtholdership was held by one of his descendants.

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    Darkness had fallen and the streets were silent.

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    Dean remained silent for a moment, and then asked how well he knew Jeffrey Byrne.

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    Deidre landed on her back beside her, and Katie pulled Toby against her.  They huddled on the ground, waiting for the trees to crush them or the demons to snatch them.  The ground continued to rumble.  Slowly, the sounds died down then fell silent.  Katie peered apprehensively out at the world.

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    Deidre reached the group of demons.  Rather than attack her, they parted, inching away from her.  Speechless, Katie watched her approach.  The demons fell silent, and even those fighting Gabe stopped.

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    Demosthenes sat silent, with his eyes fixed on the ground.

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    Denisov remained silent and did not move, but occasionally looked with his glittering black eyes at Rostov.

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    Denisov was moodily silent all the evening.

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    Despite the extremely cramped seating arrangements, the Electric still had a pianist who would have provided an accompaniment to the silent film show.

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    During all these discussions Pfuel and his interpreter, Wolzogen (his "bridge" in court relations), were silent.

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    Elise and Dan were a good team, relaying hand signals and other silent communications with nothing more than a glance at each other.

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    Eusebius, the contemporary of Constantine, is silent on this point.

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    Evelyn was silent, debating what to say.

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    Even silent acid reflux is known to play a part.

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    Finally we may note in this connexion that in advanced religion, at the point at which prayer is coming to be conceived as communion, silent adoration is sometimes thought to bring man nearest to God.

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    For a few moments all were silent.

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    For a few moments they sipped in silent reflection.

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    For a long moment, it was dark and silent, until the interior of the pod lit up with two screens, one displaying the empty space outside and the other displaying a control panel with writing similar to that of the battle planning station.

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    For a long time he was silent, as if astonished, then he jumped out of bed, ran to me in his shirt, and sobbed so that I could not calm him for a long time.

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    For a moment Alex was silent.

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    For a moment he was silent, and when she finally looked at him, he was watching her reflectively again.

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    For a moment he was silent.

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    For a moment she lay silent, and then the voice called again.

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    For about three minutes all were silent.

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    For one horrible long moment he was silent.

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    Foucaux, in his Grammaire (1858), quoted a fragment from a native work on grammar several centuries old, in which the pronunciation of the supposed silent letters is carefully described.

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    Fred returned, was informed of the situation, and gave Cynthia a warm and silent hug.

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    Frederik Paludan-Muller (q.v.; 1809-1876) developed, as a poet, a magnificent career, which contrasted in its abundance with his solitary and silent life as a man.

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    Gabe was silent, emotionless.

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    Gabriel fell silent, and she closed her eyes, exhausted.

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    Gabriel went silent and still, and Katie looked up at him.

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    Gerald was silent for a few moments.

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    God Bless, who had stationed himself behind a large rhododendron to eavesdrop on the lesson, was choking with silent laughter.

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    Godfrey, Mark and Fred are eerily silent on this issue.

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    Gone were the happy smiles, silent were the merry quips.

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    Happily, these two little boys did not stay silent long.

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    He also made 100 by running a silent auction with his wonderful image of the two dolphins in the waves.

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    He also mentioned the files missing from Rosewater and Atherton but was silent on Arthur's note to Cynthia Byrne.

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    He and Gabriel stood nearby, their approach silent.

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    He argued that the determination of the tribunal must be grounded upon "the principles of right," that "by the rule or principle of right was meant a moral rule dictated by the general standard of justice upon which civilized nations are agreed, that this international standard of justice is but another name for international law, that the particular recognized rules were but cases of the application of a more general rule, and that where the particular rules were silent the general rule applied."

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    He became silent, and I recollected myself only when it was too late.

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    He closed his eyes and remained silent a long time.

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    He did not like to depend on statesmen's promises, which are proverbially uncertain of fulfilment; he as little liked to retrench; and he was wearied of parliament, where he had never given any but silent votes.

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    He died, it is said, on the 9th of April 1553, but actual history is quite silent save on the point that he was not alive in May of the next year, and the legends about his deathbed utterances - "La farce est jouee," "Je vais chercher un grand peut-titre," &c. - are altogether apocryphal.

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    He fell silent, which she took as a horrible sign.

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    He grew silent, and quiet ensued for a moment, terrible to Countess Mary.

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    He had already in bonds one leader of revolution, whose hands were stained with blood - a striking contrast to the calm and silent figure who stood before him.

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    He had an oracle at Orchomenus, but during a plague it became L silent and remained so in Plutarch's time (De Defectu Oraculorum, 44).

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    He had been a devoted adherent of William the Silent and he now used his influence to forward the interests of Maurice.

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    He heard hurried footsteps beyond the door, both halves of it were opened rapidly; all was silent and then from the study the sound was heard of other steps, firm and resolute--they were those of Napoleon.

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    He hesitantly pulled her toward him and the voice became silent as she moved to meet him.

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    He lifted his chin in silent invitation.

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    He lived for ten years after the appearance of Surena, but was almost silent save for the publication, in 1676, of some beautiful verses thanking Louis XIV.

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    He made no other sounds in the silent darkness.

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    He must indeed take with him the sacred fire and implements for domestic sacrifice, but until death overtakes him he must wander silent, alone, possessing no hearth nor dwelling, begging his food in the villages, firm of purpose, with a potsherd for an alms bowl, the roots of trees for a dwelling, and clad in coarse worn-out garments.

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    He nodded absently and fell silent while she finished the ice cream.

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    He nodded his head to the side in a silent order for her to proceed.

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    He paused and said a silent prayer for the spirit of this person who had brought so much grief to Bird Song and his previously contented life.

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    He pulled her close in an embrace, his lips warm against hers in response to her silent query.

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    He remained silent, looking into her eyes.

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    He remained stubbornly silent, gazing at Weyrother's face, and only turned away his eyes when the Austrian chief of staff finished reading.

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    He shall then "live without a fire, without a house, without pleasures, without protection; remaining silent and uttering speech only on the occasion of the daily recitation of the Veda; begging so much food only in the village as will sustain his life, he shall wander about, neither caring for this world nor for heaven.

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    He sighed deeply, his whole chest heaving, and was silent for a while.

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    He stalked off into the forest, away from the castle and cliff.  Toby clambered through the brush and trees after him, the angel's footsteps loud where Rhyn's were silent.  Rhyn found a deer path and followed it until he reached a snowy meadow.  Crossing it, he continued to look for a place to stash the angel where the kid wouldn't freeze to death.  After another hour of walking, he found a small pocket in the roots of a massive tree.

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    He stopped and remained silent for a long time.

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    He supported stoutly the extreme party of opposition to the king, but did not take the lead except on a few less important occasions, and was apparently silent in the debates on the Petition of Right, the Grand Remonstrance and the Militia.

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    He thus defeated the plot to keep him silent.

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    He was a silent morose man, not popular among his contemporaries, but "always a faithfull Man to the Company."

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    He was returned to the House of Commons in that year for the Irish borough of Carlow, and became a devoted admirer and adherent of Mr Gladstone; but he was practically a silent member, and his parliamentary career came to an end after the general election of 1865, when, having headed the poll for Bridgnorth, he was unseated on a scrutiny; he contested Bridgnorth again in 1868, but without success.

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    He was silent a long time.

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    He was silent a moment, and his gaze became guarded.

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    He was silent a moment, and then his tone had a stern edge.

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    He was silent a moment.

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    He was silent all the way to the house, and when he came around to her side and opened the door, she allowed him to extract her with his hands on her waist.

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    He was silent and she glanced around to gage his response.

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    He was silent awhile.

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    He was silent for a few minutes as they sloshed toward the house.

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    He was silent for a few seconds.

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    He was silent for a long time.

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    He was silent for a moment and when he answered, his voice was controlled.

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    He was silent for a moment.

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    He was silent for a ten-count, as if considering his options.

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    He was silent in surprise once more, unable to understand how she might consider his battle plans nothing more than a complex game.

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    He was silent so long that she looked up at him.

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    He was silent, and she considered his closed features.

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    He was silent, and she did not know what to say.

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    He was silent, as if watching.

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    Hence what should be matter of silent religious meditation must now needs be imperilled by exposition in words."

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    Her heart quickened as she paced through the silent warriors and joined him.

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    Her mouth was open in a silent wail, but the next one would wake Carmen.

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    Her silent treatment and quiet anger lasted through the long helo ride back to the secret comms center.

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    Here and now, in 2005, the world's poor effectively have to face a silent tsunami each and every month.

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    His avidity was insatiable and he could brook no opposition; but, unlike his father, he was morose, silent and unsympathetic. His next conquests were Camerino and Urbino, but his power was now greatly shaken by the conspiracy of La Magione (a castle near Perugia where the plotters met).

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    His conversation always related entirely to himself; he would remain calm and silent when the talk related to any topic that had no direct bearing on himself.

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    His friends speak of his charm and gaiety in intimate intercourse, but among strangers he was silent and awkward, and produced the impression of being reserved and disdainful.

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    His gaze went to her neck as he fell silent.

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    His hands found her waist and pulled her close, and then their lips met in a silent declaration of love.

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    His is an argument contra the prohibition of believing whenever the evidence is silent.

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    His name remains as the designation of the Mennonites, who eventually settled in the Netherlands under the protection of William the Silent, prince of Orange.

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    His request being granted, Languet spent the last years of his life mainly in the Low Countries, and though nominally still in the service of the elector, he undertook a mission to England for John Casimir of Bavaria and was a valuable adviser to William the Silent, prince of Orange.

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    His silent votes were all given on that hypothesis.

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    History is silent as to the fate of the eastern king, the other son of Lang-dharma, and his successors, but the geographical names of the chieftainships enumerated above make it clear that the western kingdom had 'extended its power to the east.

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    History is silent concerning the last acts of the mountain howitzer.

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    I knew I was in the right so I kept silent; was not that best, Count?...

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    I remained silent as they proposed new ways to determine time and location; methods to further prove Howie was immersed in scenes that had truly taken place.

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    I think that the concept is going to be like a silent movie.

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    I would also like to see him keep silent whilst trying to give birth.

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    If I possessed a similar skill I'd remain silent as well.

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    If someone put a gun to my head for information I'd like to believe I would remain silent, perhaps unto death.

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    In connexion with the installation of the ark considerable space is devoted to the arrangements for the maintenance of the temple-service, upon which the earlier books are silent, and elaborate notices of the part played by the Levites and singers give expression to a view of the history of the monarchy which the book of Kings does not share.'

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    In June 1863, as soon as parliament had risen, Bismarck published ordinances controlling the liberty of the press, which, though in accordance with the letter, seemed opposed to the intentions of the constitution, and it was on this occasion that the crown prince, hitherto a silent opponent, publicly dissociated himself from the policy of his father's ministers.

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    In Lutheran churches the organ is silent on this day, and altar, font and pulpit are draped in black, as indeed throughout Holy Week.

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    In many jurisdictions however the silent system, or that of associated labour in silence, was still preferred; and there might be prisons within a short distance of each other at which two entirely different systems of discipline were in force.

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    In many places Friends have felt the need of bringing spiritual help to those who are unable to profit by the somewhat severe discipline of their ordinary manner of worship. To meet this need they hold (chiefly on Sunday evenings) meetings which are not professedly " Friends' meetings for worship," but which are services conducted on lines similar to those of other religious bodies, with, in some cases, a portion of time set apart for silent worship, and freedom for any one of the congregation to utter words of exhortation or prayer.

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    In many Roman Catholic countries - in Spain, for example - it is usual for the faithful to spend much time in the churches in meditation on the "seven last words" of the Saviour; no carriages are driven through the streets; the bells and organs are silent; and in every possible way it is sought to deepen the impression of a profound and universal grief.

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    In military ability the prince of Parma was inferior to none of his contemporaries, as a skilful diplomatist he was the match even of his great antagonist William the Silent, and, like most of the leading statesmen of his day, was unscrupulous as to the means he employed so long as he achieved his ends.

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    In place of all this, the visitor to Kimberley encounters at the edge of the town only a huge crater, silent and apparently deserted, with no visible sign of the great mining operations which are conducted nearly half a mile below the surface.

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    In religion a moderate Calvinist, he threw himself with ardour into the revolt against Spanish tyranny and became a zealous adherent of William the Silent.

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    In silent contemplation, we can be mindful of the gap.

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    In spite of her resolve, her lips responded to his silent quest.

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    In spite of Prince Andrew's disagreeable, ironical tone, in spite of the contempt with which Rostov, from his fighting army point of view, regarded all these little adjutants on the staff of whom the newcomer was evidently one, Rostov felt confused, blushed, and became silent.

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    In the midst of these ineffective councils the chief sits usually silent a kind of a gagged audience for village orators.

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    In the truck, on the way home, she was silent a long time.

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    In their grand council and their domains they would have none but silent, servile and well-disciplined agents.

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    In this way, you are processing aurally, which is much slower but more focused than silent reading.

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    In turn the Wizard and the children, the horse and the kitten, examined the Gargoyles with the same silent attention.

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    Initiated priests, after remaining silent in his temple for seven days, receive a new name and thus become ordained.

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    Irritating as it was, it did not avail to shake Hobbes's determination to remain silent; and thus at last there was peace for a time.

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    Is it credible that a forger, using Crawford's Declaration, which is silent as to Mary's brother at Stirling, should have superfluously added what is not to any purpose ?

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    It also crossed her mind that pilfering through his things to get information about something for which he had sworn to be silent would be a great invasion of his privacy.

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    It has been suggested that the above-mentioned callosities or " chestnuts " on the limbs of horses are vestigial scent-glands; and it is noteworthy that scrapings or shavings from their surface have a powerful attraction for other horses, and are also used by poachers and burglars to keep dogs silent.

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    It has revealed conditions which are not reflected in Genesis, and important facts upon which the book is silent - unless, indeed, there is a passing allusion to the great Babylonian monarch Khammurabi in the Amraphel of Gen.

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    It is impossible to separate this fusion of law and equity, this union of all the higher courts into one supreme tribunal, from the construction of a single home for this great institution; and the opening of the Royal Courts in the Strand in the year 1882, when Queen Victoria personally presided in her one supreme court, and handed over the care of the building to Lord Selborne, as her chancellor and as the head of this great body, was impressive as an outward and visible sign of the silent revolution, which owed more to Lord Selborne than to any other individual.

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    It is remarkable for its fine tower and chime of bells, and contains the splendid allegorical monument of William the Silent, executed by Hendrik de Keyser and his son Pieter about 1621, and the tomb of Hugo Grotius, born in Delft in 1583, whose statue, erected in 1886, stands in the market-place outside the church.

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    It is silent when hunting, and has long ears shaped like vine leaves.

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    It made his blood hum with impending battle fever, but he ignored the silent challenge.

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    It must not be supposed that during this period the literary lawyer was silent in the House of Lords.

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    It was a silent subtle campaign, intended to inflict maximum misery.

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    It was at this stage that the language spread in Lahul and Spiti, where the superscribed letters were silent, the d and g finals were hardly heard, and as, os, us were ai, oi, ui.

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    It was called the silent system.

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    It was dark.  The dual moons of the underworld were high overhead, another sign she hadn't slept more than an hour or two.  The trees overhead hissed as the branches moved like snakes in a soft breeze.  Gabriel held out a hand and pulled her up, silent despite his size and small armory of weapons.

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    It was evident that he could be silent in this way for a very long time.

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    It was not, however, a commercial success, and the same result attended Siemens and Halske's application of the silent discharge.

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    It was silent aside from her choked gasps.

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    It was time for a new departure, but there seemed to be no sufficient strength left within the charmed circle of the orthodox schools, and the new movement was fated to come from the masses, whose voice had hitherto been silent in the art world.

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    It wasn't a pensive silence, but more of a silent struggle to determine how much they revealed.

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    It would be premature to judge how far the problem of the origin of races may be capable of exact solution; but the experience gained since 1871 countenances Darwin's prophecy that before long the dispute between the monogenists and the polygenists would die a silent and unobserved death.

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    It's all spotless, silent blankets of white instead of soggy, gray slush.

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    Jackson fell silent for a moment then met her gaze.

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    Jenn sensed some sort of silent communication between them, one that made the Original Vamp shift.

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    Jessi was silent, even more frustrated.

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    Jonathan was silent so long on the way home that Alex prodded him for a reason.

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    Jonathan was solemn and, for the most part, silent.

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    Jonny took a step back then gazed at her in silent surprise.

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    Jonny was silent and still, his eyes closed in concentration.

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    Joseph Alexeevich, having remained silent and thoughtful for a good while, told me his view of the matter, which at once lit up for me my whole past and the future path I should follow.

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    Josh was silent until they heard the front door close.

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    Karataev smiled thoughtfully and was silent awhile looking at the pieces.

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    Katie frowned.  In the course of a day, Gabe had gone from emotional to unaffected when discussing Death.  He was distracted, and she felt like she was talking to someone completely different.  Blaming herself for taking his mind off of their survival, she fell silent and followed him.   Briars and branches caught her pant legs, and she found herself slowing to push more and more of the jungle's flora out of the way.  Gabe, too, began to struggle with the bramble, and she noticed the jungle no longer laid their path before him.  Instead of clearing away to allow them passage, it stayed where it was, obstructing them.

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    Kiera concentrated on her movements rather than the silent form across from her, intent on not looking like a fool in front of a master warrior.

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    Kiki fell silent, but his gaze was accusing.

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    Kind to every one, he goes about doing good, silent and unseen.

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    Kris was silent for a long moment.

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    Kris was silent for a moment before saying slowly, "Kiki said I always had a penchant for traitors."

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    Kris was silent, surprised at Darkyn.s audacity.

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    Kutuzov was silent for a few seconds and then, submitting with evident reluctance to the duty imposed by his position, raised his head and began to speak.

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    Lana replaced the micro, looking anew at the green cars and their silent occupants.

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    Lana shifted, sensing she'd said something to cause the silent communication between Kelli and Mike.

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    Larkin looked unsure of how to respond, but finally did just that, nervously, but with a cold and silent determination while trying to ignore young Martha.

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    Lastly, when he is silent about a historical fact, the argument from silence is evidence only when he could not have failed to mention it; as, for example, in the Constitution of Athens, when he could not have failed to mention quinqueremes and other facts after 325-324.

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    Lean mumbled to himself and fell silent.

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    Let us now spend a few moments in silent prayer for our own needs and for the needs of the world.

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    Lightfoot explains the name as meaning " the silent ones," others as meaning " physicians."

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    Lightning tore across the otherwise silent room, where vamps stood enraptured by the battle before them.

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    Louis (3) became duke of Thouars in 1563, and his son Claude turned Protestant, was created a peer of France in 1595, and married a daughter of William the Silent in 1598.

    229

    Luther's friends had been provokingly silent about the Theses; but in April 1518, at the annual chapter of the Augustinian Eremites held at Heidelberg, Luther heard his positions temperately discussed, and found somewhat to his astonishment that his views were not acceptable to all his fellow monks.

    230

    Lydia Larkin was silent, a look of sheer panic on her face.

    231

    Mariah's voice is equally angelic on Joy to the World, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, and a properly subdued Silent Night.

    232

    Mary and the lords still in her council ordered Knox not to preach while she was in Edinburgh, and he was absent or silent during the weeks in which the queen's growing distaste for her husband, and advancement of Rizzio over the nobility remaining in Edinburgh, brought about the conspiracy by Darnley, Morton and Ruthven.

    233

    Mary was silent a long time and then she finally spoke.

    234

    Mary was silent again for a few moments and when she spoke it was in a controlled voice.

    235

    McLeod gazed at the Indian for a moment in silent amazement.

    236

    Megan led her again through hallways that fell silent when she passed.

    237

    My Muse may be excused if she is silent henceforth.

    238

    Napoleon bowed his head and remained silent a long time.

    239

    Napoleon frowned and sat silent for a long time leaning his head on his hand.

    240

    Napoleon was silent, still looking derisively at him and evidently not listening to him.

    241

    Natasha and Nicholas were silent.

    242

    Natasha remained silent, from shyness Marya Dmitrievna supposed, but really because she disliked anyone interfering in what touched her love of Prince Andrew, which seemed to her so apart from all human affairs that no one could understand it.

    243

    Nevertheless, political science journals remain virtually silent on such issues.

    244

    Nicholas replied that he could not go back on his word, and his father, sighing and evidently disconcerted, very soon became silent and went in to the countess.

    245

    Nicholas was silent and agreed with her.

    246

    Nishani fell silent and unsure at their approach, but was prodded by something soft his youngest sister said that threw her into another animated story.

    247

    Not only so, but the physician, thus fascinated by "types," and impressed by the silent monumentsof the pathological museum, was led to localize disease too much, to isolate the acts of nature, and to forget not only the continuity of the phases which lead up to the exemplary forms, or link them together, but to forget also that even between the types themselves relations of affinity must exist - and these oftentimes none the less intimate for apparent diversities of form, for types of widely different form may be, and indeed often are, more closely allied than types which have more superficial resemblance - and to forget, moreover, how largely negative is the process of abstraction by which types are imagined.

    248

    Not till the last years of Assur-bani-pal, on which the extant Assyrian annals are silent, can an independent Median Empire have arisen.

    249

    Now our affairs are hopelessly muddled by strong, silent men.

    250

    Now the previously silent, oppressed masses ' can form a multitude capable of bringing about radical steps in the liberation of humankind.

    251

    Now the previously silent, oppressed masses can form a multitude capable of bringing about radical steps in the liberation of humankind.

    252

    Occasionally a knob or excrescence, formed by the residue of the glass beyond the point at which the base has been pinched together, remains as a silent witness of the process.

    253

    Of his separate publications, the most important are his lives of Cromwell (1888), William the Silent, (1897), Ruskin (1902), and Chatham (1905); his Meaning of History (1862; enlarged 1894) and Byzantine History in the Early Middle Ages (1900); and his essays on Early Victorian Literature (1896) and The Choice of Books (1886) are remarkable alike for generous admiration and good sense.

    254

    Often when all sitting together everyone kept silent.

    255

    On that subject there was wonderful unanimity, and the few persons who could not join in the chorus had the prudence to remain silent.

    256

    On the other hand, while phonetically the above explanation was not inconsistent with such cases as rka dkah, bkah, bska, and nga, rnga, ngag, sngags, lnga, ngad and brtse, brdzun, dbyar, &c., where the italicized letters are pronounced in full and the others are left aside, it failed to explain other cases, such as dgra, mgron, spyod, snyan, sbrang, sbrul, bkra, k'ri, krad, k'rims, k'rus, &c., pronounced da, don, cod, or swod, cen, Bang, deu, ta, t'i, tad or teh, tim, tu, &c., and many others, where the spoken forms are obviously the alteration by wear and tear of sounds originally similar to the written forms. Csoma de Koros, who was acquainted with the somewhat archaic sounds of Ladak, was able to point to only a few letters as silent.

    257

    Once again mealtime was silent.

    258

    Once again they were both silent.

    259

    Owing to his friendship with William Pitt he turned his attention to politics, and after his election as member of parliament for Devizes in 1784 gave a silent but steady support to the ministry of his friend.

    260

    Peace is not the silent result of violent repression.

    261

    People talked together, then fell silent, then talked some more or looked at the stars.

    262

    Persulphuric anhydride, S207, is a thick viscous liquid obtained by the action of the silent discharge upon a mixture of sulphur trioxide and oxygen.

    263

    Pierre felt uncomfortable and even depressed in his friend's company and at last became silent.

    264

    Pierre remained gloomily silent, answering in monosyllables and apparently immersed in his own thoughts.

    265

    Pierre stood smiling but silent.

    266

    Pierre was silent because he was incapable of uttering a word.

    267

    Plenty of the right-wing pundits who've bemoaned the " endemic corruption " in Africa have remained utterly silent on this.

    268

    Politically one might differ from him, but economists as such must either be silent when political reasons are alleged for taxes that are against fundamental maxims, or must be content to point out the cost of the taxes in order that the communities concerned may decide whether the object in view is obtainable by means of the taxation, and is worth the price.

    269

    Prince Andrew frowned and remained silent.

    270

    Prince Andrew remained silent, and his expression was so forbidding that Pierre addressed his remarks chiefly to the good-natured battalion commander.

    271

    Prince Andrew smiled involuntarily as he looked at the artillery officer Tushin, who silent and smiling, shifting from one stockinged foot to the other, glanced inquiringly with his large, intelligent, kindly eyes from Prince Andrew to the staff officer.

    272

    Prince Andrew was silent, but the princess noticed the ironical and contemptuous look that showed itself on his face.

    273

    Putin rose rapidly to become deputy mayor, where he gained a reputation for silent, chilly efficiency.

    274

    Quinn, who remained silent most of the morning, showed increased interest.

    275

    Ramballe refused food and resting his head on his elbow lay silent beside the campfire, looking at the Russian soldiers with red and vacant eyes.

    276

    Remusat rather dubiously suggested, while Schmidt and Schiefner maintained, that the silent letters were a device of grammarians to distinguish in writing words which were not distinguished in speech.

    277

    Rhyn clamped his mouth shut.  He'd done what Kiki asked him to, and Kris didn't believe him.  He was ready to go silent on it again for the rest of eternity.  He turned to leave then stopped.

    278

    Rhyn observed each of his brothers, sensing a silent rebellion that seemed to elude Kris, the only of them to value duty over their own interests.

    279

    Rhyn slapped him hard enough for him to fall silent.

    280

    Rob was silent, a large white patch across his nose.

    281

    Rostov looked frowningly at the Frenchmen, bowed reluctantly, and remained silent.

    282

    Ryland said to the silent group.

    283

    Salmon carry abscesses and tumors, the herring never returned, and the sea lion rookery at Montague Island remains silent and empty.

    284

    Sarah managed to momentarily lift the silent pall suffusing the room.

    285

    Several minutes were consumed in silent admiration before they noticed two very singular and unusual facts about this valley.

    286

    She and the Germans stood in silent awe, too drunk to feel the cold.

    287

    She climbed into the truck and remained silent until they got to her house.

    288

    She didn't hear his silent step.

    289

    She didn't think he would but remained silent.

    290

    She exhaled in a silent snort.

    291

    She fell asleep beside him again, their bodies humming in silent communication, until he awoke some time later.

    292

    She fell silent and stared at him, her striking, large eyes even larger.

    293

    She fell silent, irritated with him.

    294

    She followed on Jenn's heels through the silent mansion and into a bustling barracks teeming with Guardians.

    295

    She heard several different languages spoken before those she passed fell silent.

    296

    She held his gaze in silent challenge a moment longer before dropping back and stretching out once more.

    297

    She left the apartment and walked down the silent halls, turning down the hall with the common areas in time to see the back of a silk ball gown disappear into opened doors.

    298

    She remained silent and gazed out at the hills.

    299

    She rolled over on her back, gazing up at him in silent invitation.

    300

    She rose and gasped, not sensing the silent Xander, who stood in the doorway to the living room.

    301

    She sat on a thick log.  He disappeared into the shadows of the jungle, and she pulled her knees to her chest, listening.  He was silent while the branches overhead hissed and rasped against one another and the cries of distant birds drifted to her.

    302

    She smoothed the folds of her skirt nervously and waited for him to open the subject, but he was silent until they reached the log house.

    303

    She started to hang up, but the silent line perked her curiosity.

    304

    She stepped over a tourist in a bikini on the silent beach.

    305

    She stilled and grew silent, then pushed away from him.

    306

    She stood for a long moment in the cramped, silent foyer.

    307

    She took a few steps back and flinched at the first silent contact of his sword with another's.

    308

    She was silent a minute.

    309

    She was silent a moment while she rinsed another plate and handed it to Carmen.

    310

    She was silent and sad and did not reply.

    311

    She was silent for a long moment and finally looked away from him.

    312

    She was silent, and not only less pretty than at the ball, but only redeemed from plainness by her look of gentle indifference to everything around.

    313

    She was silent, shocked.

    314

    She was silent, surprised as much by his information as she was by the turning of her stomach at the thought of losing Rhyn.

    315

    She'd missed talking to him since he went silent, probably after he was attacked and his neck injured.

    316

    Silent black and white newsreels, for all their visual power, seem somehow less frightening, immediate, offensive than actual audio archives.

    317

    Silent contemplation and the total deadening of consciousness by perseverance for years in unnatural attitudes are among the commonest forms assumed by this mystical asceticism.

    318

    Silent prayer was a feature of the worship; sermons were without texts.

    319

    Silent, he trailed Hilden out of the dungeon and barred the door.

    320

    Sirian waited for him to speak, and Taran glared at the older man, unwilling to break the silent battle.

    321

    Sitting silent and motionless on a heap of straw against the wall, Pierre sometimes opened and sometimes closed his eyes.

    322

    Six of the seven states forming the confederation of the United Netherlands took as their stadtholder William of Orange-Nassau, called "the Silent," and his descendants during three generations.

    323

    Some people hear ' voices ' which can be like a loud tannoy, whispers or compelling silent thoughts.

    324

    Sometimes the others would get up and go away and the couple, left alone, still remained silent.

    325

    Spike smiled to see the silent tussle over the keys, before she pushed Giles into the passenger seat.

    326

    Still I remained silent.

    327

    Storage for eight months did not disturb the density of the chemically extracted gas, nor had the silent electric discharge any influence upon either quality.

    328

    Strangely enough, most go silent when I ask how many other ides they've used for a significant amount of time.

    329

    Strangely silent on the moral problems of going to a country being bombed back to the stone age to fill your boots rebuilding it.

    330

    Super hero ' Simmonds Man ', was a funny send-up of the early days of silent cinema.

    331

    Sure enough, after ten minutes of silent driving on nearly empty streets, he recognized Ocean View Avenue, and a few min­utes later, The Ocean Shore Motel.

    332

    Surprised, she fell silent.

    333

    Taran gave him a warning look, and the man took his place with his father's guard, silent.

    334

    Taran was silent, struck by the words.

    335

    That day Prince Vasili no longer boasted of his protege Kutuzov, but remained silent when the commander-in-chief was mentioned.

    336

    That this has for centuries been regarded as the main route northward from Kabul, the Buddhist relics of Bamian and Haibak bear silent witness; but it may be doubted whether Abdur Rahman's talent for roadmaking has not opened out better alternative lines.

    337

    The "three hours" service, borrowed from Roman Catholic usage and consisting of prayers, addresses on the "seven last words from the cross" and intervals for meditation and silent prayer, has become very popular in the Anglican Church, and the observance of the day is more marked than formerly among Nonconformist bodies, even in Scotland.

    338

    The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.

    339

    The atmosphere of silent concentration inside the cafe is absolute, strangely reminiscent of a university library before exams.

    340

    The attack from Tolmino was carried out with skill, speed and resolution, and by a capital error which has never been satisfactorily explained the Italian guns remained silent until too late.

    341

    The Avesta is, indeed, our principal source for the doctrine of Zoroaster; on the subject of his person and his life it is comparatively reticent; with regard to his date it is, naturally enough, absolutely silent.

    342

    The battles were silent, the swords clashing without the clang of steel she expected to hear.

    343

    The bedchamber was silent.

    344

    The bellicose noises made for war now were silent then.

    345

    The birds were silent, watching her to see if she was friend or foe.

    346

    The brave airman was a 29 year old Halifax navigator with ' B ' Flight with 298 Squadron whose motto was Silent We Strike!

    347

    The cell block fell silent, and he sensed the others also smelled the human blood.

    348

    The cell block fell silent.  Even Jared looked at him in surprise.  Rhyn took the talisman dangling from the demon's hand and pressed it against the wall of the cell holding Gabe.

    349

    The circumstances imply a regency, but the records are silent upon ' The fact that these lists are of the kings of the " land Matti " would suggest that the term " Hittite " had been extended to Palestine.

    350

    The city proved indeed a refractory member of the new league; and, after the death of William the Silent, the Utrechters, jealous of the influence of their old enemies the Hollanders, refused to recognize the authority of the council of state, and elected a stadtholder of their own.

    351

    The condo was silent.

    352

    The conversion of nitrogen into ammonia by electricity has received much attention, but the commercial aspect appears to have been first worked out by de Hemptinne in 1900, who used both the spark and silent discharge on mixtures of hydrogen and nitrogen, and found that the pressure and temperature must be kept low and the spark gap narrow.

    353

    The corral was silent when he gently kicked the horse's ribs to urge it forward.

    354

    The countess glanced at her silent son.

    355

    The crowd remained silent and only pressed closer and closer to one another.

    356

    The darkness smelled damp; the air was still and silent.

    357

    The demon was silent but shifting within her chest.

    358

    The door behind her opened, and Czerno stepped in, trailed by the older, silent gentleman with bright green eyes.

    359

    The drunkenness produced by kava is of a melancholy, silent and drowsy character.

    360

    The fire ebbed to glowing coals in the silent old building and she snuggled against him.

    361

    The general became silent, angrily pulling down his tight scarf.

    362

    The graveyard was know to stand solemn, silent, dignified yet cool and gloomy on top of a solitary hill.

    363

    The group was silent and tense, the warriors flanking Evelyn eyeing Kiera as much as the distant flashes of light.

    364

    The house stood cold and silent, as if quite regardless of who had come to it.

    365

    The house was silent – dead.

    366

    The house was silent – dead.

    367

    The hydraulic crane is rapid in action, very smooth and silent in working, easy to handle, and not excessive in cost or upkeep, - advantages which have secured its adoption in every part of the world.

    368

    The intruder remained silent for a moment, then said slowly, "Your sister is well."

    369

    The Irish bishops remained silent, while in England the " Nonconformist conscience " revolted.

    370

    The king of Prussia claimed it as the descendant of the eldest daughter of Frederick Henry; John William Friso of Nassau-Dietz claimed it as the descendant of John, the brother of William the Silent, and also of the second daughter of Frederick Henry.

    371

    The latter half of 1521 saw the silent spread of Lutheran opinions all over Germany.

    372

    The League of Nations remained silent on the invasion.

    373

    The line was silent a moment.

    374

    The line was silent for so long that she checked her phone to see if the call had been dropped.

    375

    The little princess during the whole discussion and the rest of the dinner sat silent, glancing with a frightened look now at her father-in- law and now at Princess Mary.

    376

    The living organism may be regarded as constantly engaged in a warfare with these silent and apparently insignificant messengers of destruction and death, with the result that too often the battle ends in favour of the attacking enemy.

    377

    The local children found this a highly amusing sight and flocked to the windows of the corridors to watch in silent awe.

    378

    The map of the Award (above) is curiously silent about the nature of the ground being enclosed.

    379

    The Mason remained silent for a long time, evidently considering.

    380

    The men around her moved silently into every direction, and Mansr lifted his chin in a silent command for her to go.

    381

    The men fell silent around her.

    382

    The men watched the silent battle in equal silence, their assessing looks warning her they were looking for something.

    383

    The Moscovites felt that something was wrong and that to discuss the bad news was difficult, and so it was best to be silent.

    384

    The most serious difficulty with which Margaret had to deal arose from the attitude of the great nobles, and among these especially of William (the " Silent ") of Nassau, prince of Orange, Lamoral, count of Egmont, and Philip de Montmorency, count of Hoorn.

    385

    The night was unnaturally silent.

    386

    The old man was silent.

    387

    The Oracle was silent.

    388

    The orchestra fell silent, and somewhere someone --possibly the host --called for the generators to be turned on.

    389

    The Original Other motioned to the men around him, pointing towards Xander with a silent command.

    390

    The other three were silent for a moment while what he said sunk in, then all at once they started laughing.

    391

    The other walls of the octagon-shaped command center were occupied by silent, animated screens similar to the one the underground security commander appeared on.

    392

    The people filling the city's main thoroughfares are part of a huge silent demonstration of protest.

    393

    The phantom shook his head in silent objection.

    394

    The phantom shook his head in silent objection.  Katie ignored him and cradled her forehead in her hands.  She ate another food cube and sighed.  When she looked up, Andre was gone.  Since they'd left the demon-Gabriel, Andre had disappeared twice before, but not for long.  She rested her head against the tree behind her and waited.

    395

    The poems which make up that book had been the silent gathering of years.

    396

    The poets of the Augustan age, who were deeply interested both in his philosophy and in his poetry, are entirely silent about the tragical story of his life.

    397

    The predators were silent, watching their lunch parade by them.

    398

    The prince went through the conservatories, the serfs' quarters, and the outbuildings, frowning and silent.

    399

    The Prinsenhof, previously a monastery, was converted into a residence for the counts of Orange in 1575; it was here that William the Silent was assassinated.

    400

    The production of ozone in small quantities during electrolysis, and by the so-called silent discharge, has long been known, and the Siemens induction tube has been developed for use industrially.

    401

    The question has turned mainly upon the elucidation of the phenomenon of the silent letters, generally prefixed, which differentiate the spelling of many words from their pronunciation, in the central dialect or current speech of Lhasa.

    402

    The real threat is what others allow them to do through their own silent complicity.

    403

    The received a great impetus from the enthusiasm of the great Amerieastern part of the North Atlantic has been the scene of many can oceanographer Captain Matthew Fontaine Maury, U.S.N., expeditions, often purely biological in their purpose, amongst who directed the whole impetuous strength of his character to which there may be mentioned the cruises of the " Travailleur " the task of compelling the silent depths of the ocean to tell their and " Talisman " under Professor Milne-Edwards in 1880-1883, tale.

    404

    The regiment roared, "Health to your ex... len... len... lency!" and again all became silent.

    405

    The residence of this prince was the palace of William the Silent, before he declared against Spain, and it is now used partly for the royal library, which contains the famous librairie de Bourgogne, and partly for the museum of modern pictures.

    406

    The Roman books are silent, and there is no mention of it in the collection known as the Leonine Sacramentary; while in the so-called Gelasian Massbook, which, as we have it, is full of Gallican additions made to St Gregory's reform, there is the same silence, though in one MS. of the 10th century given by Muratori we find a form for the ordination of an acolyte.

    407

    The room fell silent as their group entered.

    408

    The room was silent for a few minutes after they left.

    409

    The screech of incoming missiles was audible long before they hit, but the laser strikes were silent.

    410

    The senate almost openly intrigued against him, and the populace were silent or hostile.

    411

    The sentence he expected was pronounced on the 6th of July in the presence of Sigismund and a full sitting of the council; once and again he attempted to remonstrate, but in vain, and finally he betook himself to silent prayer.

    412

    The shah sat silent for a while, as if in thought.

    413

    The silent version of this early talkie that was released simultaneously must be a better film.

    414

    The Silent Woman refers to a beheaded saint although other stories tell of a previous landlady who talked too much.

    415

    The small chamber holding the battle planner was silent, and he waved the computer on, unable to hold himself up any longer.

    416

    The Stud-Book is silent, and other authorities differ, as to the date of the importation of this celebrated Arab, some saying he came over in the year 1700, others that he arrived somewhat later; but we know from the Stud-Book that Manica (foaled in 1707), Aleppo (1711), Almanzor (1713), and Flying Childers (1715) were got by him, as also was Bartlett's Childers, a younger brother of Flying Childers.

    417

    The StudBook, although silent as to the date of his birth, says he was a common country stallion in Lincolnshire until Partner was six years old - and we know from the same authority that Partner was foaled in 1718; we may therefore conclude that Jigg was a later foal than Basto, who, according to Whyte's History of the Turf, was a brown horse foaled in 1703.

    418

    The tanned complexion, that amorphous crag-like face; the dull black eyes under the precipice of brows, like dull anthracite furnaces, needing only to be blown; the mastiff mouth accurately closed; I have not traced so much of silent Berserkir rage that I remember in any man."

    419

    The three were silent, though the one she faced appeared to be considering.

    420

    The time spent in these cells was not invariably the same, and as yet no authoritative decision had been made between the solitary and silent systems. The first named had been tried at Pentonville, but the period had been greatly reduced.

    421

    The toothed wheels give a slightly better efficiency, but the worm gear is somewhat smoother in its action and entirely silent; the noise of gearing can, however, be considerably reduced by careful machining of the teeth, as is now always done, and also by the use of pinions made of rawhide leather or other non-resonant material.

    422

    The volumes, however, were bought and read with silent avidity.

    423

    The women he remembered were docile and silent.

    424

    The writer's indignation at finding it treated with silent contempt by the great scholar, who thought it was the work of a personal enemyAleander - caused him to write a second oration, more violent, more abusive, with more self-glorification, but with less real merit than the first.

    425

    Their law provided for Him to stand there silent.

    426

    Their lyrics move us to worship in silent adoration or to shout in joyful proclamation of the One who came to save us.

    427

    Then grab some U-shaped fence staples and attach the bungee cord to the top of your silent fighter.

    428

    Then he remained silent for a while, and all at once looked cheerfully with his glittering, black eyes at Rostov.

    429

    Then it was too late; Victor Emmanuel asked Thiers if he could give his word of honor that with 100,000 Italian troops France could be saved, but Thiers remained silent.

    430

    Then the awkwardness of his silent position hiding in the darkness extended beyond the point of propriety of making his presence known.

    431

    Then, like the crowing of cocks at sunrise, this was repeated by others from various sides and all became silent.

    432

    There are specific techniques a Silent Way teacher uses to make meanings perceptible.

    433

    There was one strong reason against retrocession, concerning which the Boers - if they gave it thought - would naturally be silent.

    434

    There was silent laughter in his voice.

    435

    These belong unquestionably to the later part of his reign, not improbably to the last four years of it, during which the chronicles are almost silent.

    436

    Thesources ofz(c)areLat.ce, cj,ij,s (cielo, c a e 1 u m; caiza, c a I c e a; razon, r a t i 0 n e m; zampoa, iv nip ho n i a)- As regards the spirants f and v, it is to be observed that at the beginning of a word f has in many instances been replaced by the aspirated h (afterwards silent), while in others no less current among the people the transformation has not taken place; thus we have hijo (f i Ii u m) alongside of fiesta (fast a).

    437

    They all rushed out of the village again, but Tushin's guns could not move, and the artillerymen, Tushin, and the cadet exchanged silent glances as they awaited their fate.

    438

    They are very delicate animals, difficult to keep in confinement, and in that state exhibiting a gentle disposition, and being normally silent (see Primates).

    439

    They both sat silent, with an occasional glance at one another.

    440

    They exchanged a silent communication, and Pierre moved through the crowd toward Linda and Traci.

    441

    They grew silent as Rhyn entered and stared her down as well.

    442

    They grew silent when he appeared, and those nearest him scattered.

    443

    They know who I am, and that I wanted to keep my identity silent.

    444

    They remained silent a long while.

    445

    They saw in him a pious man, an esteemed professor, who had done nothing but propose a discussion on the notoriously intricate subject of Indulgences, peremptorily ordered to recant and to remain silent.

    446

    They stood silent, facing one another.

    447

    They were again silent.

    448

    They were both silent for a few minutes.

    449

    They were both silent for a long while.

    450

    They were both silent for a while.

    451

    They were silent awhile.

    452

    They were silent for a few moments before he asked, "If you were that close to where Shipton fell, you must have seen Edith."

    453

    They were silent for a few seconds.

    454

    They were silent for a long time on the way back.

    455

    They were silent for a while.

    456

    They were silent so long, she finally risked a look.

    457

    They were silent, aware this would be one of the most crucial battles they'd encountered in ages.

    458

    They were silent, staring.

    459

    This book begins with the time when there was only the heaven with its boundaries towards the four winds, but as yet there was no body, nothing that clung to anything else, nothing that balanced itself or rubbed together or made a sound; there was nought below but the calm sea alone in the silent darkness.

    460

    This can also mean making an appropriate rejoinder, asking a supplementary question, or simply looking interested while remaining mainly silent.

    461

    This latter conclusion is the more probable from the circumstance, that the text of the code, as revised by the emperor Leo, agrees with the citations from the Basilica which occur in the works of Michael Psellus and Michael Attaliates, both of them high dignitaries of the court of Constantinople, who lived a century before Balsamon, and who are silent as to any second revision of the code having taken place in the reign of Constantine Porphyrogenitus, as well as with other citations from the Basilica, which are found in the writings of Mathaeus Blastares and of Constantine Harmenopulus, both of whom wrote shortly after Balsamon, and the latter of whom was far too learned a jurist and too accurate a lawyer to cite any but the official text of the code.

    462

    This story made Regulus to the later Romans the type of heroic endurance; but most historians regard it as insufficiently attested, Polybius being silent.

    463

    This time Dean was silent.

    464

    Tho the constant use of red and blue is perhaps slightly overdone - at times it's like watching a tinted silent movie!

    465

    Through all those doubtful places his sense of that silent spectator beside him sustained his sincerity.

    466

    Thus the pope laid the foundations of that wonderful and silent engine of universal government by which Rome still rules the Catholics of every land on the face of the globe.

    467

    Thus the Simplon is first certainly mentioned in 1235, the St Gotthard (without name) in 1236, the Lukmanier in 965, the San Bernardino in 941; of course they may have been known before, but authentic history is silent as regards them till the dates specified.

    468

    Toby was silent, knowing a normal Immortal could never understand.  He didn't yet have the full power of a real guardian angel, but he should've been able to do more than … nothing.  Angels were placed with human mothers so they could understand the creatures they were meant to take care of.  Human mothers raised them as their own, yet none of his human mothers had gone to the extent Katie did to try to protect him.

    469

    Toby was silent, knowing a normal Immortal could never understand.  He didn't yet have the full power of a real guardian angel, but he should've been able to do more than … nothing.  Angels were placed with human mothers so they could understand the creatures they were meant to take care of.  Human mothers raised them as their own, yet none of his human mothers had gone to the extent Katie did to try to protect him.

    470

    Topical Budget was a silent British newsreel that ran for almost twenty years from September 1911 to March 1931.

    471

    Trade has enormously expanded; new centres of commerce have sprung up in spots which formerly were silent jungles; new staples of trade, such as tea and jute, have rapidly attained importance; and the coalfields and iron ores have opened up prospects of a new and splendid era in the internal development of the country.

    472

    Uncertain what he expected, his anger was boiling at the silent rejection.

    473

    Uncommon types of benign thyroid nodules are due to subacute thyroiditis, silent thyroiditis or Reidel's thyroiditis.

    474

    Under the Mahommedans a pestilence turned the capital into a silent wilderness, never again to be re-peopled.

    475

    Vara and Hilden were silent, as stricken as he was as the demon freed itself from Memon's body enough to reach for Rissa.

    476

    Waiting for my coffee. – X Relief and anger left her silent and speechless.

    477

    Was that in your silent period, or had talkies been invented by then?

    478

    We cannot sit in silent acquiescence to the faded homilies of the nuclear priesthood.

    479

    We discourse freely without shame of one form of sensuality, and are silent about another.

    480

    What if in my waking hours a sound should ring through the silent halls of hearing?

    481

    Whatever happened … There's nothing to stress about, he added when she was silent.

    482

    When he remained silent, she left.

    483

    When she found them she said, "One is silent."

    484

    When she returned the room was silent again, save for the faint crepitation of his chair and the occasional clink of a bottle.

    485

    Where the children were concerned, she had no intention of remaining silent.

    486

    While government wages war on drugs, it remains almost silent about these, the biggest drug peddlers of all - the tobacco barons.

    487

    While serving the government as a silent weapon against political adversaries or dangerous writers and as a means of punishing culprits of high birth without the scandal of a suit at law, the lettres de cachet had many other uses.

    488

    Why are you silent?

    489

    Why do you remain silent when heaven knows who permits herself to interfere, making a scene on the very threshold of a dying man's room?

    490

    Willarski was silent throughout the drive.

    491

    With changes of the pressures of the blood in arteries, veins or capillaries, and in the heart itself and its respective chambers, static changes are apt to follow in these parts; such as degeneration of the coats of the arteries, due either to the silent tooth of time, to persistent high blood pressures, or to the action of poisons such as lead or syphilis.

    492

    With his absolutist tendencies he was bound to wish to govern them as he did Castile, and the principle of religious toleration, which was not understood by any prince in Europe with the exception of the prince of Orange, \Villiam the Silent (q.v.), was peculiarly impossible for him.

    493

    With Sonya's help and the maid's, Natasha got the glass she held into the right position opposite the other; her face assumed a serious expression and she sat silent.

    494

    Wynn was silent, pensive and troubled.

    495

    Xander cleared his throat, and the former vamp eased back into his chair, obeying the silent command.

    496

    Xander sensed the silent communication.

    497

    Xander shook his head at the questioning look the Guardian gave him, the silent inquiry as to whether he tried to turn her.

    498

    Xander was silent for a long moment, holding her gaze.

    499

    Xander was silent, recalling how Eden always found a way to push past his defenses enough to manipulate him.

    500

    You have the right to remain silent and not incriminate yourself.. .