It emits water from its exhaust fit for drinking and glides along in near silence.
Times, Sunday Times
United left the pitch at half-time to near silence.
The Sun
It can move away from a resting position and trickle through heavy traffic in near silence, propelled by only a 46bhp electric motor.
Times, Sunday Times
After this came two years of near silence, as a dizzying rise seemed to be turning into a catastrophic descent.
Times, Sunday Times
The four-hour bus journey home was conducted in near silence.
Times, Sunday Times