How to Use silent partner in a Sentence

silent partner

noun

• For the bulk of Steely Dan’s first go-round, the silent partner acted as if the decade was Becker’s to burn.
  — Kelly Dwyer, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2017
• Sherer was largely a silent partner, but Thompson became the face of the new Callaghan’s.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 5 June 2023
• Vernon uses a co-op kitchen with a silent partner, one batch at a time, to produce the brownies.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 7 Jan. 2020
• Until the home sells, Unison is mostly a silent partner.
  — Tara Siegel Bernard, New York Times, 1 June 2018
• Jane became a silent partner and was often hanging around.
  — Jim Stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2018
• Becky Friedman, who owns the cafe along with Jason Schiavone and a silent partner, considers this weekend’s launch a soft open.
  — Anna Muckerman, baltimoresun.com, 13 June 2018
• Mellen, a machinist by trade, is largely a silent partner, and trusted Burlingame guide the venture’s vision.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 19 Aug. 2019
• Initially, Conway was a silent partner, but Davis died about five years later, and Conway took over.
  — Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• At the time, the mayor’s office said Zipay had become a silent partner in Denali Disposal in 2017.
  — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Apr. 2023
• Wilkerson: The owners had a silent partner, and there was a lot of infighting even before the pandemic.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2021
• Mar-a-Lago became something of a silent partner, yielding new clients and connections.
  — Grace Ashford, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2020
• The company was sold to Baldwin and a friend a decade ago, with Baldwin serving as a silent partner focused on finances and operations.
  — Cindy Atoji Keene, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2018
• Sara Allen’s husband, Denny Allen, is a silent partner but has been known to deliver parts and provide backup support as needed.
  — Karly Ewing, Ramona Sentinel, 10 June 2019
• Dahl, himself, running the show, and Tawfilis, silent partner, providing the money.
  — CBS News, 6 Jan. 2018
• In the case that your only option is to raise funds, consider taking on several smaller investors or a silent partner in order to keep control.
  — Theo Sastre-Garau, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2023
• For a living, Roman works as the silent partner in a downtown law firm that specializes in criminal cases and pro-bono work representing L.A.’s poor denizens.
  — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2017
• When a deal does close, the shark’s personal involvement varies – some say their investor is closely involved in business decisions, while others describe them more of a silent partner.
  — Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
• The platform provides law enforcement access to cyber experts, who become our silent partners.
  — NBC News, 3 Apr. 2020
• Crosby is buying Burton’s 40% share, and a 20% share held by silent partner Deon Hilger, to become majority owner, Burton said.
  — Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 June 2021
• The closure underscores a time of transition for Cortland Avenue, where nearby butcher shop Avedano’s announced plans to close in June before being rescued by a wealthy silent partner.
  — Tilde Herrera, SFChronicle.com, 6 Nov. 2019
• He'll also be interviewed alongside the club's silent partner Jack Dushey; separately, Tyrnauer will talk to everyone from lighting designers and crew to the club's first doorman.
  — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2018
• Both Iran and Russia, with China their silent partner, have strong incentives—and real capabilities—to make this scenario a reality and force the world to lift embargoes against their oil sales.
  — Karen Elliott House, WSJ, 3 May 2022
• Chiker is Kuznetsov's silent partner, never far from the aging Russian carrier but never visible in photographs.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 12 Oct. 2017
• Jason Schwartzman voices Jesper, his silent partner who stumbles upon this isolated carpenter living in a cabin with loads of handmade toys.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2019
• If a state law enforcement agency in Connecticut is told that a politician is a silent partner in a shady real estate deal, state prosecutors now have no fast, efficient and effective means of determining whether the tip is valid.
  — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 17 May 2021
• Disney has kept the two platforms separate in part because of a preexisting relationship with Comcast, which technically remains a silent partner in Hulu but has agreed to sell its full stake in the service back to Disney by 2024.
  — Vulture, 10 Feb. 2022
• Morgan expected a federal government that was his quiet and mild-mannered silent partner; Roosevelt abhorred bullies and was a very skillful bully himself.
  — Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2020
• Zipay became a silent partner in Denali Disposal in 2017 and is not involved in operations or decision-making, according to a statement from the mayor’s office emailed Tuesday.
  — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2021
• Ethical Provision Ventures will act as a silent partner in the acquisition, Johnson says, while Sherpa will take over the company’s leadership and daily operations.
  — Andrew Weaver, Outside Online, 13 Apr. 2020
• More often than not African-Americans were the silent partners in statewide southern politics, expected to confine their ambitions to majority-minority jurisdictions where their presence would not arouse a racial backlash.
  — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 23 May 2018

Last Updated: 27 Jul 2024