A shadow moving with the soundlessness of a shadow. From Wordnik.com. [Fear is the Key]
She was instantly plunged into utter dark, utter soundlessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Ship Who Sang]
Brother Jeremiah nodded curtly, and moved toward her with the soundlessness that sent chills up her spine. From Wordnik.com. [The Mortal Instruments: Book One: City of Bones] Reference
No longer that gentle soundlessness now; a rush fills the air, like the flowing of the Ganges or the Amazon. From Wordnik.com. [The Road Leads On] Reference
She plunged into dark soundlessness and then, suddenly, felt renewed with the sense of real power against her leads. From Wordnik.com. [The Ship Who Sang]
Like a hot iron in her brain, a fiery brand of sanity after the dense, thick, solid, infinite inquiet soundlessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Ship Who Sang]
"I hate to introduce a note of ugly realism, but" -- his voice lowered to near-soundlessness -- "I'm thinking of urinating.". From Wordnik.com. [Destination Brain]
This is the innermost symbol of man: alone in the darkness of the cavern of himself, listening to soundlessness of inflowing fate. From Wordnik.com. [Kangaroo] Reference
Recklessly as he commenced his return along the banks of the river, instinct won; in a few steps he was moving with all the old soundlessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Blue Pete] Reference
And it's interesting because when you hear it, it doesn't portray the type of turmoil he felt inside, or as he puts it just how terrifying it was at the soundlessness of the two engines going out. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2009] Reference
Oriental dressing-gown (Mabel's gift the preceding Christmas), with a fez on his head, and on his feet a pair of slippers of amazing workmanship and soundlessness, the joy of his feet, if not of his heart. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885] Reference
Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Prison Planet.com] Reference
The soundlessness enwrapped him and there was no world left. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Prince] Reference
It was perhaps her deafness which created this empty soundlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Twilight in Italy] Reference
The soundlessness of ocean, miles below the surface, was about him. From Wordnik.com. [Four Weird Tales] Reference
Also there is a suggestion of the soundlessness of the moth's flight. From Wordnik.com. [Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn] Reference
A prolonged wailing shriek tore through the utter soundlessness of the house. From Wordnik.com. [Robin] Reference
They began a little low talk, but the soundlessness was stronger than themselves. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Prince] Reference
It's about an artist who uses the visual in eloquent terms to express soundlessness. From Wordnik.com. [timesunion.com: Local Breaking News] Reference
Warding off that soundlessness, here are two ultra-fresh new jams::: MAJOR LAZER ft. From Wordnik.com. [mudd up!] Reference
The soundlessness impressed her as a positive entity rather than as the mere negation of noise. From Wordnik.com. [Tess of the d'Urbervilles] Reference
So the thing that wrenched and shook her now was all the more horrible because of its soundlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Fanny Herself] Reference
Because of its very soundlessness, the universe about her seemed to be teeming with vague suggestions. From Wordnik.com. [Stubble] Reference
If they were absent, if it was the soundlessness and stillness of stone, the mind would crave for something. From Wordnik.com. [Nature Near London] Reference
The breath of the forests below was sweet about them, and soundlessness enclosed them which was of unearthly peace. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Prince] Reference
Their shrillness tearing through the utter soundlessness of the empty house brought back all her terrors and set her heart beating at. From Wordnik.com. [The Head of the House of Coombe] Reference
But the natural phenomena of unbroken silences, of vast soundlessness, of miles upon miles of somber forest aisles did not oppress him now. From Wordnik.com. [Burned Bridges] Reference
The soundlessness of the night was broken by one of the strange sudden gusts of wind which tossed the trees, and tore at the clouds as they hurried. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady of Quality] Reference
I felt suspicious of that noiseless sea: its soundlessness recalled the beautiful treacherous sleep of waves and winds which precedes a tropical hurricane. From Wordnik.com. [Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series] Reference
A stealthy glance below revealed no guard in sight, and so with the quickness and the soundlessness of cats we dropped together into the main cabin of the submarine. From Wordnik.com. [The Gods of Mars] Reference
The impression had, in strictness, nothing unprecedented; but she felt it as something new, and the soundlessness of her step gave her time to take in the scene before she interrupted it. From Wordnik.com. [The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2] Reference
Henke is a perfectionist and he labors over his beats to ensure they hit their targets, but what thrusts them into sharp relief is an undercurrent of soundlessness you feel more than hear. From Wordnik.com. [PopMatters] Reference
Silence that was something more than the wonted soundlessness of night; the haunting oblivion of a time long past, a melancholy brooding voiceless upon the desolate home of forgotten generations. From Wordnik.com. [The Emancipated] Reference
"the horror of color, the roar of soundlessness and the menace of familiar objects lying still.". From Wordnik.com. [The L Magazine - New York City's Local Event and Arts & Culture Guide] Reference
Whatever witty and self-deprecating comment he’d been about to make fizzled away into soundlessness. From Wordnik.com. [One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze]
2nd9:27athe soundlessness of objects colliding in space. - 2 replies. From Wordnik.com. [mordicai] Reference
The soundlessness impressed her as. From Wordnik.com. [Tess of the d'Urbervilles] Reference
Deep soundlessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Listeners and Other Poems] Reference
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