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  • Then a silenter man was the son there of Ecglaf 980

    The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous

  • He never had been what you'd call a champion catch-as-catch-can talker, but now he was silenter than ever.

    The Man Upstairs and Other Stories 1928

  • The voice of the poet is reaching the silenter poet in all:

    The Poet Bernard O 1918

  • From an amusing pastime she had come to be a companion and thought-mate; and now, beyond this, insensibly they were drifting to a silenter, mightier mingling of souls.

    The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel 1915

  • Mills had been even silenter than usual; the three other coaches present had been plainly worried, and Simson, in spite of his attempts to keep the conversation cheerful, had showed that he too was bothered about something.

    Behind the line A story of college life and football Ralph Henry Barbour 1907

  • Ever notice how the worser a man's lyin 'the silenter other men'll get?

    Lin McLean Owen Wister 1899

  • He was gayer than ever, and she more beautiful, but silenter than her wont.

    Elsket 1891 Thomas Nelson Page 1887

  • It is the same crowd in the Raphael Stanze, but rather silenter, for by now we have taught ourselves enough from our Baedekers at least to read them under our breaths, and we talk low before the frescos and the canvases.

    Roman Holidays, and Others William Dean Howells 1878

  • When they were in Broadway again it seemed lonelier and silenter than it was a few minutes before.

    Literature and Life (Complete) William Dean Howells 1878

  • When they were in Broadway again it seemed lonelier and silenter than it was a few minutes before.

    Short Stories and Essays (from Literature and Life) William Dean Howells 1878

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