And Negroponte's muteness on Cheney's push to exempt the CIA seemed to signal a reply of "thanks, but no thanks" from the chief of the spies.
But beneath its muteness a target is supercharged with an imagery of aggression: every target implies a weapon and someone aiming.
To combat this deafness and muteness, societies of intrepid and hard-eared listeners have been formed, who sit through concerts of contemporary music almost without flinching.
Phillips isn't talking, but has plenty to say Brandon Phillips has gone "media mute" again here in Reds camp. Only this time, it's a selective form of media muteness. He's not talking to the Cincinnati beat reporters, the guys around him essentially on a daily basis.
March 6, 2014 - Major League Baseball
James Earl Jones in Reuters Growing up, I was mute to the outside world, but there were hundreds of conversations in my head......Through a love of reading, I was able to overcome my muteness and pursue a career in which my voice would be my most prominent asset,Jones...
Zora Neale Hurston in New Yorker ) Celie's chronic and emblematic problem, in other words, revolves around what Hurston called "the muteness of slavery."