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wall of silence

collocation in English

meanings of walland silence


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wall
noun
uk /wɔːl/ us /wɑːl/
a vertical structure, often made of stone or brick, that divides or ...
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silence
noun
uk /ˈsaɪ.ləns/ us /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
a period without any sound; ...
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Examples of wall of silence


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A wallofsilence seems to surround the region.
Teachers who call on students to exchange views on broad social, cultural or political issues may therefore find themselves faced with a wallofsilence.
I am also concerned about the wallofsilence surrounding the book.
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Let us hope that the wallofsilence can be broken down.
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All inquiries were met with a blank wallofsilence.
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One has heard a good deal in this debate, and on other occasions, about the wallofsilence.
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Thereafter, any questions may be met by a wallofsilence.
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There has been a wallofsilence and secrecy in response to those deaths.
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There should be no wallofsilence, there should be no culture of impunity.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
We are saying that we are facing a wallofsilence.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Behind a wallofsilence bad practice thrives.
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Why was there such a wallofsilence about rings in other forms of antiques throughout the country?
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She met a wallofsilence from doctors, the hospital and the health authority.
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At that time we met a wallofsilence.
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The consul has done his very best, but he has constantly come up against a wallofsilence.
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I reject his lurid phrase about a brick wallofsilence.
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But a wallofsilence is bound to breed suspicion.
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