The voicelessness of those who live in situations of hopelessness. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : voiceless sympathy. ,"p," "f," and "s" are voiceless. From Dictionary.com.
For some reason, I feel as if my voicelessness is a bit of a gift right now. From Wordnik.com. [Silence is Golden « martinis & mantras] Reference
I can't really think why would pharyngealization cause voicelessness. From Wordnik.com. [Ejective or Pharyngealized Stops in Proto-Semitic?] Reference
Ah yes, the good old days when women excelled at the art of voicelessness. From Wordnik.com. [South Carolina Legislators: Sexist Brutes With Clubs] Reference
Their essays, then, are victories against voicelessness -- miracles in print. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-01-01] Reference
But he had an irrational feeling that they had stiffened into the same voicelessness as his dead. From Wordnik.com. [Three Worlds To Conquer]
The anonymity and voicelessness of the automobile turns us into large, bleeting animals, selfish and inately competitive. From Wordnik.com. [urban test] Reference
His voicelessness shores up the silent-film theatricality of his efforts to touch light when Frankenstein first exposes him to it. From Wordnik.com. [_Frankenstein_'s Cinematic Dream] Reference
Hillary found her underdog voice in Austintown that day, channeling the righteous anger and voicelessness of the white working-class voters who were her prime target. From Wordnik.com. [Hillaryland at War] Reference
Trinidad has created an unsettling visual metaphor for the voicelessness of the dispossesed: the workers literally have their mouths removed before they are shipped out. From Wordnik.com. [Eisner Shakedown: Best Digital Comic - Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games] Reference
No star visible amid the sulphureous blackness of the overcharged clouds; and silence, dreadful as if distilled from the voicelessness of the graves of a buried world!. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843] Reference
And, poets attempt to explain the unexplainable, the silence, the voicelessness, the disconnectedness, and the displacement that seeks to erase so very much of the story of our literary past. From Wordnik.com. [Deviating from the Norm: A Deviant Analysis of Kate Chopin's The Awakening as Coming Out Story] Reference
ANC Today will make an important contribution towards filling the void of the voicelessness of millions of people, that is a direct legacy of more than three hundred years of colonialism and apartheid. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Today] Reference
IK: Poverty is not just an issue of people not having enough money: it's an issue of discrimination, of deprivation, of insecurity; it's the voicelessness that drives people into poverty and keeps them poor. From Wordnik.com. [Christal Smith: Human Rights Day: The Right to Dignity] Reference
Note that the voicing or voicelessness of the initial and final consonants of these words played a part in determining the eventual tone of the word and also keep in mind that different Chinese languages reflect different tones. From Wordnik.com. [Fun with Old Chinese rhymes] Reference
The poor black man is consequently reduced to a position of utter voicelessness and votelessness, hopelessness, powerlessness, helplessness, defencelessness, homelessness, landlessness, a condition of deepest humiliation and absolute dependency. From Wordnik.com. [THE ANC AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS] Reference
Presently the voicelessness of Birch found speech. From Wordnik.com. [The Rapids] Reference
Great clamour was for one moment heard by them, and then a rushing voicelessness. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
His voicelessness stands in contradistinction to the translator's "calm and imposing voice.". From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
This display -- rendered more uncouth by its voicelessness -- revolted the æsthetic sensibilities of Helwyse. From Wordnik.com. [Idolatry A Romance] Reference
Between the two extremes of voicelessness, that of completely open breath and that of checked breath, lies the position of true voice. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 3. The Sounds of Language] Reference
If the cords are well apart, allowing the breath to escape in unmodified form, we have the condition technically known as voicelessness. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 3. The Sounds of Language] Reference
"But when I recognize that a community is served by anonymity and that there is a degree of social voicelessness, it feels like a very suitable medium.". From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
Yet, overcome as her very calmness was, and enchanted for the moment into voicelessness and utter inaction, she was not that kind of women who sit and bear the stripes without an effort to ward them off. From Wordnik.com. [Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII] Reference
Finally, the wailing for the dead is continued night and day to the point of utter voicelessness; a musical, weird, and heart-piercing sound, which has been compared to the, "keening" of the Celtic mourner. From Wordnik.com. [The Soul of the Indian] Reference
However, in my view, Abu Ghraib and Guantanomo Bay are just the tip of a very huge iceberg as neo liberalism has constantly compromised liberal principles with many millions being reduced to powerlessness, voicelessness and subjected to discrimination. From Wordnik.com. [Indybay newswire] Reference
A shriek, seemed of all things to complain of its own voicelessness. From Wordnik.com. [Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story] Reference
So it’s not just the voicelessness of the t at the beginning of to that’s doing it. From Wordnik.com. [Uses of used] Reference
Mr. Vizzini gives Craig a voice that’s warm, tragicomic and true, but his suicidal tendencies show up burdened with voicelessness. From Wordnik.com. [Teen Draws a New Map In Warm, Tragicomic Novel] Reference
The Greek translation carries the connotation of an imposed, involuntary silence, of a silence that goes beyond mere voicelessness, to the stilling of one’s will. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-11-01] Reference
The voicelessness is crucial. From Wordnik.com. [Uses of used] Reference
My voicelessness lasted for about three days. From Wordnik.com. [Olivia Rosewood: Yoga Levels: Daily Silence] Reference
All the same, voicelessness does seem a tipping point. ". From Wordnik.com. [Top stories from Times Online]
A rushing voicelessness. From Wordnik.com. [Vittoria — Complete] Reference
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