Sentence examples for almost utter silence from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "almost utter silence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where there is very little sound, but not complete silence.
Example: "As the final notes of the concert faded away, there was almost utter silence in the auditorium, as the audience absorbed the performance."
Alternatives: "near silence" or "practically silent".

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… That it plays in almost utter silence, background music aside, has become a selling point for Mr. Weinstein and others, who point to their own bravery in mounting a tribute to the silent era by relying, more or less, on its own techniques.

When contacted via telephone at his Louisville, Kentucky home, Walford is surprisingly tree-like in his almost utter silence.

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Much of the more impressive directing centers on Bigelow filming the actors while they fight off insurgents on a sand dune in almost complete and utter silence (not even the requisite swelling background music!).

Up to this point, "Map Me" — performed entirely nude (almost obligatory these days), in utter silence and with a notable economy of gesture — feels theoretical, like someone's dissertation project or a museum installation.

The thing that surprised them the most was the utter silence of the place.

His sheer torrent of words is almost bizarrely at odds with the utter silence of the landscape and the film itself.

I watched them eat their meal in utter silence.

The cabinet fell into utter silence for two minutes.

We all went to bed in utter silence.

There was utter silence for Brahms's "Four Serious Songs".

"There was utter silence when I told them".

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