| Because we are all Canadians, and therefore painfully polite, he mistakes our bemused muteness for rapt attention. |
| Her muteness in this scene is oddly detached: she studies it all with consternation, but also with interest. |
| This muteness increases the sense of proliferation in his art. |
| My unusual muteness must have made him wonder if I was having second thoughts. |
| This muteness is unsettling, somehow pregnant with infinite meaning and utterly devoid of any at all. |
| This muteness is even more pronounced when it comes to an individual making suggestions to the partner. |
