Sentence examples for called for silence from inspiring English sources

The headmaster called for silence.

Efimenko called for silence and offered yet another toast.

A technician who had been fiddling with a computer-TV hookup called for silence.

One disk jockey called for silence and slowly read the names of the eight people who died with her.

At one point, the search team at one Ercis building called for silence as they strained to hear the calls of survivors.

Announcing the Larry Holmes-Muhammad Ali fight at Caesars Palace, he called for silence "while Gladys Knight, of Gladys Knight and The Pips, sings our glorious national anthem".

City etiquette in these circumstances calls for silence, but he and I had met, now and then, at book parties and the like, and I introduced myself.

On one point, their peals of laughter caused the server to catch her toss and the chair umpire to call for silence.

We've barely entered the national park when our guide stops suddenly and holds up a hand to call for silence.

You could, of course, say it was appropriate to "The Rite of Spring," which famously provoked a near-riot at its 1913 premiere, with supporters calling for silence and detractors booing and catcalling.

Based on a true story, this extraordinary piece opens with Russell calling for silence in the studio before telling the actors that they will be performing without costumes or scenery.