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Meanings of be in silence in English

Not say anything.

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Examples for "be silent"
Examples for "be silent"
1
It is a case of be silent or stand up, he said.
The Irish Times
2
The wood-pigeon in the fir trees could not be silent any longer.
Field and Hedgerow: Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies
3
In the presence of tears I can neither speak nor be silent.
Love and Other Stories
4
He will be silent; he has the power to make her so.
Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida / Selected from the Works of Ou...
5
I wonder whether you can be silent in the sight of night-fishing.
Feats on the Fiord / The third book in "The Playfellow"
1
But in spite of her efforts she was unable to keep silence.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 2
2
Sconin did not keep silence, nor did the servants of the house.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 0...
3
But I have found that I can make even it keep silence.
Dio's Rome, Volume 2 / An Historical Narrative Originally Compos...
4
Wear it in memory of me, and for its sake keep silence.'
The Tale Of Mr. Peter Brown - Chelsea Justice / From "The New De...
5
But Charley would only bury his face the closer, and keep silence.
The Channings: A Story
Usage of be in silence in English
1
She'll be in silence until then.
Engineering Infinity
2
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Woman: Man's Equal
3
But suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest
4
If people were , I am trying to say: don't be in silence, because they must be in absolute torment.
The Guardian
5
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to use authority over the man: but to be in silence.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament
6
I suffer not a woman to teach, neither to have authority over the man: but for to be in silence.
The first New Testament printed in English
7
But I suffer not a woman to teach, not to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I / Including His Answe...
8
The Apostle likewise declares, I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
The Friendships of Women
9
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence' (1 Tim 2:11, 12).
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02
10
When they sat in state by the wide opening it was in silence.
Lord Jim
11
Then he was in silence, too, and comparative safety.
By What Authority?
12
My resource was in silence; hers in talking.
The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
13
The two sat as they were in silence.
A Prisoner of Morro; Or, In the Hands of the Enemy
14
For a single breath, all was in silence.
Hunters Out of Space
15
It is in silence that God's creation grows.
The Mermaid: A Love Tale
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Indeed, all that followed was in silence after that first wild Indian yell from Ronicky Joe.
The Seventh Man