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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:

In the first chapter of Uncle Tom's Cabin , Miss Stowe offers a dialogue between Haley and Mr. Shelby, part of which goes, “ `Well,' said Haley, after they had both silently picked their nuts for a season, `what do you say?
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.
Also, an editorial condemns Republicans for avoiding the accelerating fight against racial preferences: "It won't do for Republicans to delay the prize of colorblindness, even for a moment, by silently ignoring the battle while it's waged."
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.