"preserve" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- A fourth is to kibitz an expert, remembering to preserve a decorous silence.
- Conley knew, but he preserved a discreet silence.
- In India, psychiatry and psychology scholars have "preserved an almost complete silence on the subject of homosexuality".
- The Abbot strove not to vindicate himself, but preserved a sullen silence.
- For some moments all preserved a dead and solemn silence.
- Preserving a grim and mysterious silence, he picked her up in his arms.
- Jane, who was not in the least afraid of the dark, still preserved a withering silence.
- The father and son preserved a profound silence towards each other, where an intelligent observer would have expected cries and tears.
- The Shadow preserved a total silence as he moved about the first floor.
- They told me to preserve an absolute silence.
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