"cold silence" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe the absence of sound or conversation in a certain situation. For example, "The cold silence in the room was palpable after the argument."
KARACHI, Pakistan — Dinner at Rabia Sultana's house is now served over a cold silence.
And Wright has witnessed the stone cold silence of so many other country music stars, many of whom she considers her friends but realizes don't have the courage to speak out.
Arguments between parents – or cold silence – can also affect the relationships they have with their children.
When John Podesta, who ran the Obama transition, called to broach the idea, Mr. Podesta recalled, "I get cold silence.
When Freud embarked on his study the subject of dreams was taboo in learned quarters and a cold silence greeted the first edition.
Of those who did show up, some talked of managers' buying them lunch, while others said they were greeted with cold silence.
There is something about an evening snowstorm and an empty hotel ballroom — the cold, stale silence punctuated by creaks and groans — that can make even a hardened skeptic turn superstitious.
By Ben McGrath There is something about an evening snowstorm and an empty hotel ballroom — the cold, stale silence punctuated by creaks and groans — that can make even a hardened skeptic turn superstitious.
"Well isn't that fantastic," says Infantino, to stone-cold silence.
Instead, however, I was met with blank stares and stone-cold silence.
When the names of children killed in Newtown were read one by one in stone-cold silence, our hearts were torn apart.
