To stop speaking or making noise.
Sinônimos
Examples for "be silent"
Examples for "be silent"
1It is a case of be silent or stand up, he said.
2The wood-pigeon in the fir trees could not be silent any longer.
3In the presence of tears I can neither speak nor be silent.
4He will be silent; he has the power to make her so.
5I wonder whether you can be silent in the sight of night-fishing.
1Go in the spare room, where it is cool; we'll keep quiet.
2You need to be able to keep quiet when hunting and fishing.
3The story is that my father paid her to keep quiet, right?
4The longer they keep quiet and do nothing, the better for us.
5So they keep quiet and hope someone else will take the risk.
1Paris and the provinces broke out; the Parliament did not keep silent.
2Although the Manchester police cleared Drake, she demanded money to keep silent.
3Maybe Gervaise made her keep silent, and the words just built up.
4Speak up clearly when you are spoken to, and keep silent otherwise.
5Mark was right at his back, doing his best to keep silent.
1Roth later allowed people to return after admonishing them to remain silent.
2All 33 members had invoked their right to remain silent, he added.
3Republican candidates did not exactly remain silent following the San Bernardino shooting.
4The law gives me the right to remain silent in any event.
5Yet he could tell that they were struggling to remain silent, too.
1Under many circumstances it is not difficult to hold one's tongue.
2It is a very good thing to be able to hold one's tongue!
3In times like these, one must hold one's tongue.
4If one could always hold one's tongue as to what one sees, one would be the better for it.
5When one has talked to one's self for a great many years it is hard to hold one's tongue in public.
6"That's of course, mamma," said Camilla; "but yet one can't hold one's tongue altogether.
7"Well, well," the other broke off impatiently; "no doubt it is better to hold one's tongue.