Synonyms for be silent
be silent

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1. be silentverb

   Synonyms:
   be still, hark, hearken, hush, list, listen

   Antonyms:
   bawl, bellow, call, clamor, cry (out), ejaculate, exclaim, roar, scream, shout, shriek, vociferate, yell

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1. Di Maio:

   It's no fun to revoke the concession but ... the government could not keep silent.

2. Michael Signer:

   Despite his prior glitzy image, Trump started becoming a demagogue when he started trying to lead a 'silent majority' of furious, mostly white, lower- and middle-class voters, and he really crossed the line when he started doubling down on deceits like the lie about 'thousands' of people celebrating 9/11 in Jersey City, countenancing violence, demonizing large swaths of people, and now, casting aside the freedom of religion for Muslims.

3. Carl Sandburg, Chicago Poems (1916) "Fog":

   The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on.

4. Roberto Mukaro Borrero:

   To remain silent is to be complicit in the face of the increasing injustice, racism, xenophobia, and intolerance we are currently witnessing today.

5. Gertrude Stein:

   What is the answer I was silent. In that case, what is the question