absolute silence
Frequency: 8.120.5 per million words
a complete lack of sound
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Examples (20)
- The teacher demanded absolute silence during the exam.
- The vast, empty desert was characterized by absolute silence.
- An absolute silence fell over the concert hall as the conductor raised his baton.
- After the sudden power outage, an absolute silence fell over the usually bustling city.
- After the loud explosion, there was a moment of absolute silence.
- He craved a moment of absolute silence away from the constant noise of the metropolis.
- To concentrate, he requires absolute silence in his study.
- The old library, with its thick walls, maintained an absolute silence that was conducive to study.
- We sat in absolute silence, waiting for the verdict to be read.
- During the meditation retreat, participants aimed for prolonged periods of absolute silence.
- The deep cave was filled with an eerie, absolute silence.
- The deep space probe transmitted data from a region of absolute silence, untouched by any known signals.
- Floating in space, she was overwhelmed by the absolute silence.
- She found solace in the absolute silence of the early morning hours, before the world awoke.
- The library's rules insist on absolute silence in the reading areas.
- The soundproof room was designed to provide absolute silence for experimental purposes.
- He couldn't sleep; the absolute silence of the countryside was unfamiliar to him.
- In the heart of the ancient forest, one could experience a profound sense of absolute silence.
- The children listened in absolute silence as she told the ghost story.
- The artist sought inspiration in the absolute silence of the snow-covered landscape.