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as in silent
deliberately refraining from speech
he stood wordless before his accusers
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as in unspoken
understood although not put into words
a wordless fondness for each other
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Recent Examples of wordless
Noah, prompted by Eli to recall his mysterious past, enters a wordless state of terror; Eli, increasingly agitated, demands a nonverbal grade schooler tell him what’s going on.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
The world now knew the wordless Cold War enemies of espionage, the Black Spy and the White Spy, two interchangeable spooks hellbent on destroying one another.
—Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
With very spare amounts of dialogue at her disposal, Gariepy gives a master class in wordless performance, expertly utilizing her eyes and facial expressions to give the audience a look inside Kelly-Anne’s mind.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
By Sophie Gilbert First came a 40-minute, mostly wordless episode of television that seemed designed to replicate a character’s traumatized, fracturing psyche.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 26 July 2024
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Alison Herman, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
The world now knew the wordless Cold War enemies of espionage, the Black Spy and the White Spy, two interchangeable spooks hellbent on destroying one another.
—Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
With very spare amounts of dialogue at her disposal, Gariepy gives a master class in wordless performance, expertly utilizing her eyes and facial expressions to give the audience a look inside Kelly-Anne’s mind.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
By Sophie Gilbert First came a 40-minute, mostly wordless episode of television that seemed designed to replicate a character’s traumatized, fracturing psyche.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 26 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wordless
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Importantly, this decision did not remove all agency deference just deference where the statute is either silent or ambiguous.Joshua D. Smeltzer, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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The Kremlin remained silent on Assad’s whereabouts Monday, refusing to comment publicly on Russia’s decision to grant him asylum.Sophie Tanno, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
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Burning through talent to maintain margins is an unspoken foundation of profitability.Elizabeth Edwards, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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The bold-faced twists are entertainingly ludicrous, the dialogue crackles and there’s enough unspoken anxiety and resignation in Kudrow and Romano’s performance to keep everything grounded.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
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In helicopter video taken by Air Maui Helicopter Tours in Lahaina and posted online the people aboard are largely speechless.Phil Helsel, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2023
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Because his work, as is often the case, leaves us almost speechless.Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2023
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“Wordless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wordless. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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