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Grammar : Noun

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Définition of dead air

  • As in quiet : noun calmness, silence
  • As in silence : noun absence of sound, speech
  • As in noiselessness : noun silence
  • As in quietness : noun silence
  • As in soundlessness : noun silence
  • As in speechlessness : noun silence
Example sentences :
  • A piercing chill grew in the dead air; the silence was terrifying.
  • Extract from : « In the Border Country » by Josephine Daskam Bacon
  • It was a dark day; the clouds hung low, and the dull rumble of the sea came through the dead air.
  • Extract from : « The Deemster » by Hall Caine
  • All was dark and still inside, and a gust of dead air struck him in the face.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts in the Northwest » by G. Harvey Ralphson
  • Taffy shrunk back, as a draught of the close, dead air struck his nostrils.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • Within the half-hour the night had grown oppressively hot and the dead air was like that of an oven.
  • Extract from : « Pirates' Hope » by Francis Lynde
  • For the first time since the forest fires had begun to smoulder, the dead air took a sense of motion.
  • Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
  • The last crack of a triphammer, peckering at a giant pile of iron down the112 block, dies out on the dead air.
  • Extract from : « Europe After 8:15 » by H. L. Mencken, George Jean Nathan and Willard Huntington Wright
  • The last crack of a triphammer, peckering at a giant pile of iron down the block, dies out on the dead air.
  • Extract from : « Europe After 8:15 » by H. L. Mencken, George Jean Nathan and Willard Huntington Wright
  • Again the man sniffed the dead air and, swinging the rifle into the crook of his elbow, continued toward the grub-shack.
  • Extract from : « The Promise » by James B. Hendryx
  • Was it a mere thrill of the dead air, too slight to be heard, but quivering in every spiritual sense?
  • Extract from : « Lilith » by George MacDonald

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