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How to use voiceless in a sentence

12 example sentences · adjective

Voiceless means lacking a voice, without vocal sound. Example: “The difference between voiced and voiceless TH in English bears a low functional load.”

Examples of voiceless by meaning

adjectiveWithout a vote; having no input into a decision.

  • I've come to see she is a voiceless person in her world, and so I try to remember to stop and give her my full-faced attention when I see her.2011, Jan Johnson, Living a Purpose-Full Life

More sentences with voiceless

  • The difference between voiced and voiceless TH in English bears a low functional load.From the entry functional load
  • So the voiceless wonder speaks at last.From the entry wonder
  • It has been hypothesized that Pakistani ESL learners do not produce English-voiced and voiceless stops native-like word-initially.2023, Abdul Malik Abbasi, Imtiaz Husain, Sadaf Irtaza, “The Conceptual Framework of Pakistani English Speech: An Experimental Study of…. From the entry Pinglish
  • Some of these consonants are stops, some are non-stops (continuants, see 11.2); some are voiced, others voiceless.2009, Christopher McCully, The Sound Structure of English: An Introduction (Cambridge Introductions to the English Language), Cambridge…. From the entry nonstop
  • At the same time they could not find suitable way out of their voiceless dissatisfaction.1989 July 6 [1988 December], Dmitriy Volkogonov, anonymous quotee, “Triumph and Tragedy: A Portrait of I.V. Stalin”, in JPRS Report…. From the entry authoritarianism
  • Sonorants do not normally precede voiceless obstruents within a morpheme due to the historical process of voicening (see 4.2.5).2011, Irina Nikolaeva, A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir, page 35. From the entry voicening
  • In order to distinguish between the two kinds of voiceless final stops the terms 'final devoicing' and 'fortition after sonorants' are used here.2007, Raymond Hickey, Irish English: History and Present-Day Forms, page 62. From the entry fortition
  • Feminine doves, also suggesting the form of the Holy Spirit, nest in these "Caves of Passion," which are "voiceless," yet not "rejoiceless."2007, Margaret Diane Stetz, Cheryl Ann Wilson, Michael Field and their world, page 187. From the entry rejoiceless
  • Absolutely voiceless and baggy-eyed from hours of sour singing, no sleep, and a froggy throat from yelling in ego to be heard atop the rest.1938, The American Legion Magazine. From the entry froggy
  • He stood there almost voiceless, lumpishly ugly with his face yellow and creased after the sleepless night, and his birthmark like a smear of dirt.1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], “Chapter 19”, in Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers…. From the entry lumpishly
  • This sheroic choice eventually led her to testify compassionately on behalf of faceless and voiceless young girls still living under horrific conditions in the community she had escaped from.2015, Nancy D. O'Reilly, Leading Women: 20 Influential Women Share Their Secrets to Leadership, Business, and Life, Adams Media, →ISBN…. From the entry sheroic

Meaning of voiceless

  1. adjective Lacking a voice, without vocal sound.
  2. adjective Without a vote; having no input into a decision.
  3. adjective Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced, surd, breathed. Examples: [t], [s], [f], [m̥], [u̥].

Full definition of voiceless

Questions about voiceless in a sentence

How do you use voiceless in a sentence?
Voiceless is used as an adjective. For example: “The difference between voiced and voiceless TH in English bears a low functional load.”
What is a short sentence with voiceless?
“So the voiceless wonder speaks at last.”
What does voiceless mean?
Voiceless means lacking a voice, without vocal sound.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: voiceless (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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