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Example sentences for: silently

How can you use “silently” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

No matter how bored they may be, the 100 senators will sit silently and listen (or at least pretend to) for the three day opening argument.
One doesn't wish to stand silently by while others merrily exchange misinformation about Albania, the NYPD, and computer viruses.
Babies bang wooden spoons on overturned saucepans; grannies rock so silently you can hear the creak of floorboards and hip bones.
For confirmation, see this week's fall preview in New York magazine: "Nathan Zuckerman sits silently as another of Roth's blue-eyed Jews is built up and destroyed, this time by a self-involved actress with a Jewish past, a demanding daughter, and a British accent.
The television plays silently in the background, and the proofreader looks over and notices that, of all people in the world, Leonard Cohen has appeared on the screen.