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dumb
lacking the power to speak, either because of defects in the vocal organs or because of hereditary deafness; mute


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And as he felt in his heart all the beauty and wonder of the world, the glory and the might of the sea and sky, he would ask in dumb pain why, when he could feel it touch his heart, he could not also sing of the beauty and wonder, glory and might.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
277 D: The poet of the "War of the Titans", whether Eumelus of Corinth or Arctinus, writes thus in his second book: `Upon the shield were dumb fish afloat, with golden faces, swimming and sporting through the heavenly water.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
The little piano is dumb night after night, its candles unlighted, and there is no one to play Chopin to us now as the day dies, and the shadows stoop out of their corners to listen in vain.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
 
 
 
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