Examples of 'was silenced' in a sentence

Meaning of "was silenced"

The phrase 'was silenced' refers to the act of being stopped or prevented from speaking or expressing one's opinions, typically through force, intimidation, or censorship. It implies a loss of freedom of speech or having one's voice suppressed or muted

How to use "was silenced" in a sentence

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was silenced
Derrick was silenced because he knew too much.
The son perhaps witnessed and was silenced.
The young woman was silenced by the mob.
He was silenced by being removed from his post as foreign minister.
Malcolm suspected he was silenced for another reason.
Was silenced by the hunger of my heart.
His doubting mouth was silenced very abruptly.
She was silenced with this argument.
All that time she was silenced still.
The panel was silenced or acknowledged after an offnormal condition.
The song of the ruthless was silenced.
Grigorenko was silenced but not for long.
And maybe the gun was silenced.
Ellsberg was silenced before he could begin.
This is no surprise as the opposition was silenced.

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A matter which was silenced by the studio.
The music in their lives was silenced.
The commander was silenced and killed after that.
The advice of the wise was silenced.
He was silenced to stop him talking.
The rest of the bus was silenced by his arrival.
He was silenced by another human.
They would know he was silenced.
Lucy was silenced.
I want to know why he was silenced.
It is that girl who was silenced in those shackles by those men.
No sooner was it uttered than it was silenced.
The sound of the guns was silenced by the sand storms.
Democratic liberties were suspended and the free press was silenced.
The laughter was silenced by a kiss.
A key was never found but the dissendent movement was silenced.
Malcolm always felt that he was silenced for another reason.
The room was silenced and the cameras started rolling again.
Her voice was silenced.
I was silenced for centuries.
The priest was silenced.
He was silenced and ate alone and nobody sat with him.
The church was silenced.
It never seemed like any part of her personality was silenced.
Our family was silenced by secrets.
How awful that such a wonderful voice was silenced so early.
Ben was silenced.
Maybe the weapon was silenced.
She was silenced.
Not if the weapon was silenced.
Rafe was silenced.
To give voice to what was silenced.
It was silenced before.
The radio was silenced.
In less than an hour fire from the castle was silenced.

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