Sentence examples for almost complete silence from inspiring English sources

The phrase "almost complete silence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where there is very little sound, but not total silence.
Example: "As the sun set over the mountains, there was almost complete silence, broken only by the occasional rustle of leaves."
Alternatives: "near silence" or "practically silent."

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During one of those occasional intervals of almost complete silence a lady broke it by saying,….

The cup will be lifted, for the third time in a row, in almost complete silence.

Assembled in the Stratford box, they have worked entirely out of sight - in almost complete silence.

The pope's speech was received in almost complete silence, according to reports.

The ball is snapped, there is a thump, and Pochman's kick tumbles into almost complete silence.

Following the intense media scrutiny after the attack and during the trial, there is now almost complete silence around him.

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By 24 h after the last injection, almost complete silencing of MGMT (∼95% reduction) was evident in all of the mice treated with scL-p53.

Compared to the untreated T98G cells, there was almost complete silencing of MGMT expression by 16 h, which lasted at least to 24 h post-transfection.

No effect on SOX10 levels was seen at either 72 or 96 h time points after transfection, despite almost complete silencing of merlin (Fig. 6).

The decrease in CLDN16 transcription is consistent with the almost complete silencing of the cis-located allele; however, attempts to confirm silencing of the XIST-associated allele by FISH failed, presumably due to the relatively low expression levels of CLDN16.

Consistent with the phenomena of almost complete silencing in MSCI and postmeiotic RS-specific escape gene activation, RNAPII was largely depleted from the X chromosome in PS and slightly increased in RS (Fig.  2b, c).

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