MUTE in a Sentence

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At the very least, to be consistent, you should remain mute when confronted with those who do feel they have some grasp on Truth.

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 Meanings and Examples of MUTE
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mute
 a.  refraining from producing speech or vocal sound; unable to speak; expressed without speech; unspoken
Classic Sentence: (83 in 6 pages)
1  On entering, Fantine fell down in a corner, motionless and mute, crouching down like a terrified dog.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XIII—THE SOLUTION OF SOME QUESTIONS CONNECTED WIT...
2  He remained thus, mute, absorbed, evidently with no further thought of anything connected with this life.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—AUTHORITY REASSERTS ITS RIGHTS
3  This mute misunderstanding between him and the pretty passers-by had made him shy.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—THE SOBRIQUET: MODE OF FORMATION OF FAMILY NAME...
4  But Marius no longer even heard these mute counsels of passion.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE LARK'S MEADOW
5  It was a sort of admiration at a distance, a mute contemplation, the deification of a stranger.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI—THE BATTLE BEGUN
6  Above that terrible nesting-place of gloom the stories of the mute houses were lividly outlined; at the very top, the chimneys stood palely out.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—WHAT IS TO BE DONE IN THE ABYSS IF ONE DOES NO...
7  The more loquacious Thenardier became, the more mute was Jean Valjean.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE TORN COAT-TAIL
8  Cosette gave her hand to Marius, and both, mute with anguish, not knowing what to say to the dying man, stood trembling and despairing before him.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER V—A NIGHT BEHIND WHICH THERE IS DAY
9  "We believe like Mohammedans, and are as mute as tombstones," said Athos.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 9 D'ARTAGNAN SHOWS HIMSELF
10  The valet went out with a mute promptitude which showed him accustomed to obey blindly and without reply.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 21 THE COUNTESS DE WINTER
11  D'Artagnan, entirely overcome by this terrible story, remained motionless and mute, while all the demons of anger and jealousy were howling in his heart.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 24 THE PAVILION
12  D'Artagnan, mute with anger and anxiety, took a seat in the threatening attitude of a judge.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 27 THE WIFE OF ATHOS
13  On seeing this figure, mute and immovable as a statue, Milady was frightened.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 45 A CONJUGAL SCENE
14  The fourth auditor, who during all this conversation had played a mute part, made a sign of the head in proof that he acquiesced in the proposition.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 46 THE BASTION SAINT-GERVAIS
15  Grimaud silently swallowed the glass of Bordeaux wine; but his eyes, raised toward heaven during this delicious occupation, spoke a language which, though mute, was not the less expressive.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 51 OFFICER
Example Sentence:
1  They begin to mute their voices, not be as assertive.
2  The child sat mute in the corner of the room.
3  She gave me her hand with mute thanks.
4  The president has remained mute about plans to curtail the number of immigrants.
5  Her daughter was mute after a serious illness.
6  Billy continued to stand there, mute and defiant.
7  Someone mute can't talk; someone verbose can hardly stop talking.
8  At the very least, to be consistent, you should remain mute when confronted with those who do feel they have some grasp on Truth.
9  The speech received only a muted response from the unions.
10  The idea received a muted response.
11  Thanks to the thick, sound-absorbing walls of the cathedral, only muted traffic noise reached the worshippers within.