The silenced crowd waited expectantly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Noun : the conspicuous silence of our newspapers on local graft. ,in the news again after years of silence. From Dictionary.com.
The name silenced Susan; she felt her breath come short. From Wordnik.com. [Saturday's Child] Reference
But the process by which the media was silenced is troubling, and it, too, is something we should think about. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
Why that rule would be different when the entity silenced is French rather than corporate is completely obscure. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
BRONX, New York (Ticker) -- Sidney Ponson once again silenced the New York Yankees 'bats. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
A stroke with the flat of the soldier's sword silenced me, and I gave myself up for lost. From Wordnik.com. [Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798] Reference
David was about to protest, to sob out a passionate refusal, when a glimpse of his father's expression silenced him. From Wordnik.com. [The Happy End] Reference
There isn't anyone being silenced, which is of course how I manage to keep running into people whining very loudly about being silenced. From Wordnik.com. [Nick Mamatas' Journal] Reference
Grand Canyon employees not "silenced" as PEER claimed. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
And, of course, victims of defamation are not "silenced" if they can't sue. From Wordnik.com. [A few more Instapundit posts.] Reference
This kind of silenced everyone because that was not really the plan they were working toward. From Wordnik.com. [Autodesk's Bass On Speaking Up To Carol Bartz] Reference
At the service academies, women are often "silenced" by male cadets or mocked with crude jokes. From Wordnik.com. [At War Over Women] Reference
Its leader, the Most Rev Katharine Jefferts Schori, used her Sunday sermon to say Kato's voice had been "silenced". From Wordnik.com. [Anglican leaders condemn victimisation of gays and lesbians] Reference
I'm not buying the theory that such an extraordinary man is "silenced" by "scripts" that are imposed on black people. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference
Esche again silenced his doubters. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
"How would 'silenced' do?" he offered, after studying the line. From Wordnik.com. [Success A Novel] Reference
Garlock loosed a blast of thought that "silenced" almost the whole field. From Wordnik.com. [The Galaxy Primes] Reference
"Roman Catholicism", we had a fanfaron about how he was being "silenced". From Wordnik.com. [GetReligion] Reference
Sri Lanka's dissenting voices 'silenced' photo: AP/Eranga Jayawardene, File. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Photown News] Reference
Conservatives are the loudest "silenced" minority in the history of the universe. From Wordnik.com. [Balloon Juice] Reference
The harsh final word silenced the Boston voice for a moment; then, “‘A lead.’. From Wordnik.com. [The Beekeeper's Apprentice]
The scientists 'silenced' or suppressed expression of the genes that code for the two enzymes. From Wordnik.com. [SciDev.Net]
The Tea Party Express said yesterday it wouldn't be "silenced" by the reaction to the rampage. From Wordnik.com. [BusinessWeek.com -- Top News] Reference
Finally, the idea that Dr. Laura's socially conservative views are being "silenced" is laughable. From Wordnik.com. [post-gazette.com - News] Reference
It is unclear, however, whether certain "silenced" viewpoints fall under this broad-minded umbrella as well. From Wordnik.com. [Reasons to Believe -] Reference
"silenced" if LGBT people are protected by the same laws that protect them. From Wordnik.com. [Pam's House Blend - Front Page] Reference
Her cowardly killers have silenced her, not her message. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: A Bullish Report] Reference
Indeed, Geo was silenced shortly after the Islamabad arrival of U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Choking the Channels] Reference
Indeed, the girls 'strong record this year has silenced most critics. From Wordnik.com. [Venus And Serena Against The World] Reference
The opposition has not been silenced, but fear hangs heavy in the air. From Wordnik.com. [After the Pharaoh] Reference
"We've all been waiting for this man to be silenced," she told NEWSWEEK. From Wordnik.com. ['It Just Goes On And On'] Reference
Street gangs -- the chimeres -- silenced anyone who dared criticize him. From Wordnik.com. [THE GHOSTS OF WAR] Reference
The support of this big-shot scientist from a major multinational silenced the skeptics. From Wordnik.com. [Hydrogen Economy] Reference
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