Example sentences for: silently

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

  • Once, at a party or fandango, a woman hid him under her great hooped dress, where he crouched silently until the constable gave up his search of the premises.

  • The old man raised the bottle to his lips and we watched as the chimps scurried silently, one behind the other, back into the sodden forest.

  • 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.

  • The best way to see the wildlife, and certainly the most fun, is swaying atop a silently padding elephant.

  • Five floors of book stacks in a décor of orange and burnt sienna surround a brilliant atrium enclosing greenery, a fountain, and a reflector pool, while a transparent elevator zips silently up and down.


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