Silenced

Examples

• Her answer silenced me for the moment. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• When Thrasymachus has been silenced, the two principal respondents, Glaucon and Adeimantus, appear on the scene: here, as in Greek tragedy (cp. Plato. The Republic.
• Elizabeth hoped she had silenced him; but he soon afterwards said: I was surprised to see Darcy in town last month. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The loud, clear voice of a man in authority silenced the low hum of talking all round me in an instant. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Well, said she, and you soon silenced Mr. Cole, I suppose? Jane Austen. Emma.
• I was silenced. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The bare doubt that it might be so drove me from her presence, and silenced even the common forms of farewell on my lips. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• His bellow was already silenced, and he was lifting up his huge, blunt, stupid head to the new callers to be patted. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The suppressed misery in his face silenced me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He had told me himself that he was a lost man, unless his wife was silenced, and unless Anne Catherick was found. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The instant the door closed, Aunt Ablewhite exhibited a phenomenon which silenced us all. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The servant of Mrs. Rushworth, the mother, had exposure in her power, and supported by her mistress, was not to be silenced. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• He stopped, and gave me a short, strong answer; an answer which silenced, subdued, yet profoundly satisfied. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• She took my hand, and silenced me at the first words. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Lucy was silenced. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• To her mother's inquiries she answered that she was quite well, and Jo's she silenced by begging to be let alone. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It silenced further criticism from the disaffected member. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• There was something in the way Penelope put it which silenced my superior sense. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But something silenced the word on his lips. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Emma was silenced. Jane Austen. Emma.
• People were silent when she passed, impressed, roused, wanting to jeer, yet for some reason silenced. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I was silenced so quickly that I felt that possibly I had suggested an unmilitary movement. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It did not suit his sense of propriety, and he was silenced, till induced by further smiles and liveliness to put the matter by for the present. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• This was finally fortunate; the horse was re-established, and the dog was silenced with a Down, Pilot! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• It silenced her. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• For a minute or more my fears for the poor ladies silenced me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Margaret was silenced and sad. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• She spoke with a confidence which staggered, with a satisfaction which silenced, Mr. Knightley. Jane Austen. Emma.
• At any rate the royalists had to be silenced and stilled and scared out of sight. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• This could not be denied, and Fanny was silenced. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.

Edited by Antony