silent service
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Germany has four times as many subs as when the war started. . . . The number of highly trained men in Berlin's silent service is limited."
- "As befits advocates of the “Silent Service,” the Naval Submarine League keeps a low profile."
- "A sailor with 33 years experience in the silent service and once a fabled commander of the Northern Fleet nuclear submarines, Chernov contends that the raising operation was intentionally launched as a cover-up to leave the Kursk on the sea floor."
- "In true "silent service" tradition, the Royal Canadian Navy says little about itself."
- "The Navy has long been known as the "silent service," and perhaps none of our naval leaders is as well known to the American public as any one of a number of generals."
- "Since then, the navy has recovered its identity but continues to pride itself on being the Silent Service."