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Example sentences for "kept silent"

  • As long as I was doubtful, I kept silent.

  • He kept silent, and that was wise; for Dr.

  • After that I kept silent because I hoped justice would be able to discover the truth, or the countess would be unable to bear the idea that I, the innocent one, should be accused.

  • And because he was continuously busy, he kept silent at all times.

  • He kept silent at all times, and was a good companion to every sort of man.

  • At the first look he had felt a mean impulse to ridicule her because of them, but this impulse was succeeded instantly by a queer feeling of pity for her, and he kept silent.

  • Apparently Bob had no answer to make to this, for he kept silent.

  • Making such complaints and reproaches to himself, he bent his head over his plate, kept silent, and bit his lips.

  • Thaddeus was unmoved; leaning on his elbow, he kept silent, frowned, and puckered his lips: so much the more did he confuse and amaze Telimena.

  • Bathed in a cold sweat, crushed together under heavy loads, his empty stomach convulsed with hunger--he kept silent.

  • More than once he nearly dislocated his wrist; more than once his feet were nearly frost-bitten, but he kept silent, even to his father.

  • Harder than the work itself was the finding of it--and he kept silent.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "kept silent" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    ask her; cheerful voice; first night; footed mouse; good share; had observed; had received from the; kept alive; kept back; kept clean; kept close; kept constant; kept his; kept open; kept perfectly; kept repeating; kept right; kept silent; kept waiting; kept warm; old maid; our day; rally them; said their; stated intervals; widow woman