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total silence

collocation in English

meanings of totaland silence


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total
adjective
uk /ˈtəʊ.təl/ us /ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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silence
noun
uk /ˈsaɪ.ləns/ us /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
a period without any sound; ...
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Examples of total silence


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The play would be acted in totalsilence, with only movements and sound effects left to indicate what was happening.
The pupils focused in totalsilence as even this sound died away.
As the play unfolded before them in totalsilence, their violent intentions turned first to bewilderment and eventually to disinterest, as they drifted away during the third act.
His speech was heard in almost totalsilence.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The noise then diminishes back into totalsilence until the next train in about 15 minutes or so.
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On this front there has been totalsilence.
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I understand that there was totalsilence on that subject in the other place.
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I heard—or rather, did not hear—the astonishing, uneasy, totalsilence that pervaded the camp.
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Only from one quarter has there been totalsilence.
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No experienced parliamentarian expects or wishes our proceedings to be conducted in totalsilence, nor do we expect it.
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However, that was followed by totalsilence, until this year.
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There is totalsilence, for example, on the issues of economic growth, migration, town planning, the environment and the elderly.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
As to the other half of the economy there is totalsilence and a complete absence of information.
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I hope that that does not mean that we shall be carrying out our business in totalsilence.
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But to live in a world of total darkness and totalsilence must be a daily trial taxing the deepest of human courage and resources.
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But we have had totalsilence on that matter for two and a half hours.
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They are deaf and blind, living in a world of totalsilence and darkness.
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We look forward to enlightenment on that point, on which for the moment there is totalsilence.
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All of a sudden, there is totalsilence on the farm.
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I would have suffered my disappointment in totalsilence had it not been for some of what my noble friend has just said.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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