suffer in silence

idiom

: to suffer or be unhappy without saying anything

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However, if the answer is no, bring something along you CAN eat and consume it near the end of your four-hour drive rather than suffer in silence. Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2025 And that you were somehow expected to suffer in silence for an entire evening surviving on lettuce and fruit? Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025 Postpartum depression affects up to 20% of new mothers, yet many women still suffer in silence. Nia Bowers, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025 It is highly stigmatized despite its prevalence and many who are going through menopause must suffer in silence. Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for suffer in silence

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“Suffer in silence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suffer%20in%20silence. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.

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