Sentence examples for deadly silent from inspiring English sources
"deadly silent" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
You can use it to describe a situation, usually one that is ominous or foreboding. For example, "The gunman was standing in the corner, and the room was deadly silent."
The crowd, until now deadly silent, released a flood of cheers and claps.
It was deadly silent until the horse finished its round, at which point everyone erupted.
Contrary to myth about his temper, when Brown is genuinely angry he tends to go "deadly silent".
Both Timmermans and a U.S. official in the room said the gathering became deadly silent as Rice spoke, every eye riveted on her.
"It was deadly silent," he remembers with a sad smile.
Owls have these super fluffy feathers on their, uh, undercarriage that help them stay deadly silent.
Does this mean that Wilson was right about sanctions when he said, "Apply this economic, peaceful, silent, deadly remedy, and there will be no need for force"?
Inked on his forearm is a winged skull and the Latin words "Celer-Silens-Mortalis" — "Swift, Silent, Deadly," the motto of the Marine Corps's elite Force Reconnaissance companies.
The reason is simple: H.I.V. may have been brought into the new relationship by a partner who could have been carrying it for those eight silent, deadly years.
Soon the SEALs seemed to become America's favorite warriors: silent, deadly, mysterious.
For shelter you'll need something that is out of the wind (a silent, deadly enemy in the fight for survival) and ground cover (the cold, dampness of the ground will make you far colder when you're trying to sleep at night and protect yourself).
