Then, for the next three minutes, he went mute and listened without replying.

The biggest mouth takes over and the two people you want to listen to go mute.

At first I was glad, but do you suppose he's going to go mute?

But once Philips, also a member of the association, broke ranks, the group went mute on the subject.

Then he passed the flat of his hand over the strings, and they went mute.

The earth shook with the force of the beat, and all life had gone mute in awe and fear.

People who were carrying on conversations went mute and stared straight ahead, as though avoiding my eyes would save them.

Everyone else seems to have gone mute, but I heard you use your tongue.

She moved quickly to the front door, holding it wide open and nodding as if she had suddenly gone mute.

Once the barrier was down, he did not attempt to go mute again.