Sentence examples of "silencieux" in French with translation "silent"

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Le garçon est resté silencieux. The boy remained silent.
Tu dois juste rester silencieux. You have only to keep silent.
Ils sont tous restés silencieux. All of them remained silent.
Il resta silencieux toute la journée. He kept silent all day.
Il nous demanda d'être silencieux. He asked that we be silent.
Il resta silencieux pendant le repas. He kept silent during the meal.
Dans la pièce, tout était silencieux. In the room, all was silent.
Tout était silencieux dans la maison. All was silent in the house.
Ne sachant quoi dire, il demeura silencieux. As he didn't know what to say, he remained silent.
Il est resté silencieux toute la journée. He kept silent all day long.
En vieillissant on se fait plus silencieux. As one grows older, one becomes more silent.
Il a demandé que nous soyons silencieux. He asked that we be silent.
Il jugea plus sage de rester silencieux. He judged it wiser to remain silent.
Il serait probablement sage que tu restasses silencieux. You might be wise to remain silent.
Il serait probablement sage que tu restes silencieux. You might be wise to remain silent.
Lorsqu'il parla, tout le monde devint silencieux. When he spoke, everyone became silent.
J'ai pensé qu'il valait mieux rester silencieux. I thought it best to remain silent.
Ne sachant pas quoi dire, je suis resté silencieux. Not knowing what to say, I remained silent.
Il resta silencieux pendant ce qui me sembla une heure. He was silent for what seemed to me an hour.
Il ne savait pas quoi dire, alors il resta silencieux. He didn't know what to say, so he remained silent.
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