Sentence examples for a silent man from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a silent man" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a man who does not speak or is quiet in demeanor.
Example: "In the meeting, he was a silent man, observing everything without uttering a word."
Alternatives: "a quiet man" or "a reticent man."

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"He was a silent man, he didn't talk to me".

Cruella is portrayed as tyrannical, and her husband a silent man who does as he's told.

He refused to identify him but sources in the investigation described him as a "hillbilly", and a " silent" man.

The young men swarmed together in the hall, getting party favors — fat cigars, rolled by a silent man whose hands were mottled and tobacco-stained.

Martin du Gard also wrote a somber drama about repressed homosexuality, Un Taciturne (1931; "A Silent Man"), and two farces of French peasant life, Le Testament du père Leleu (1914; "Old Leleu's Will") and La Gonfle (1928; "The Swelling").

Grant has always claimed that he doesn't like to exert himself, and that his ideal role would be a silent man in a wheelchair, but his performance here tells a different story.

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A gentle, silent man.

A tell, silent man entered.

He became a very silent man," Oksanen says.

A hitherto silent man pipes up: "Tha's not only got to have been born in Yorkshire to play for Yorkshire.

G.M. (Bronco Billy) Anderson, the screen's first cowboy star, made hundreds of pictures that appeared almost weekly for four years, William S. Hart realistically portrayed a strong, silent man of the frontier, and Tom Mix dazzled audiences with his polished horsemanship and cleverness in outwitting outlaws.

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