Sentence examples for receptive silence from inspiring English sources

The kindly and receptive silence, the respect for secrets, the inexhaustible supply of attention — these are a dog's, and a therapist's, finest qualities.

His arose from an unusual confluence: a great crime, a great silence, a receptive audience and personal courage well above the ordinary.

In one of The Four Adventures Of Reinette And Mirabelle (1986), two young girls plan to listen at dawn for that one moment of immaculate silence which, if your heart is receptive, you will, so to speak, hear.

Medical education is insufficiently receptive to students' needs and indeed it fosters silence, while shared reflection reduces stress and improves learning [ 1, 8].

This year, convention organizers have used a velvet hammer on a receptive cast to achieve a uniformity of message, as well as a near silence on topics like abortion, gun control and President Clinton.

He must wrap himself in silence so that when he does speak, his words will find receptive ears.

The first kind of silence requires an emptying out of the self in order to be receptive to God; the other fortifies the self in order to be inventively godlike.

Very receptive.

"Were they receptive?

She seemed receptive.

They're receptive.