My local pub goes from pin-drop quiet to eruptions of "uurghhhoo" and "yeeaaahhhhh!".
Our fares don't entitle us to pin-drop quiet on public transit, only reasonable peace as we travel en masse.
Mrs. Fink described the neighborhood as "pin-drop quiet" and said her family had been shaken with fear.
PARIS — Maria Sharapova was pin-drop quiet, which was both welcome and eerie for anyone who has listened to her shrieks and wails and "come onnns" echo through the chambers of Grand Slam tournaments all these years.
For about 21 minutes yesterday, Courtroom No. 1324 at State Supreme Court in Manhattan was pin-drop quiet as prosecutors played a videotape of a $2 million weeklong birthday party on the island of Sardinia for L. Dennis Kozlowski's wife, Karen.
On Carl doing the dirty work Sarah Wayne Callies: "It was pin-drop quiet throughout that whole scene... there was a level of concentration and respect and focus from all 80 people who were there that was remarkable.
If the audience I saw it with is any judge (they were caught up in the charms of the cast and pin-drop quiet during the crucifixion) then this show should be in for a solid run if word of mouth can spread.
They remained so you-can-hear-a-pin-drop quiet that the trio's deep breaths were clearly audible during a cappella versions of numbers including the traditional "Bright Morning Stars," "Kissing Double," Bruce Cockburn's "Going Down The Road" and "The Parting Glass," an old traditional Irish song that closed the show.
For anyone who may have worried that The Peninsula would be converted into military barracks, rest assured Its grand lobby still takes the breath away its harbor-view rooms overlooking the Hong Kong skyline will still make your jaw drop its quiet, flawless service still sets the standard for all other hotels, everywhere.
Use words and phrases such as "no," "drop it," "quiet," "go lie down," "come," "down," and "off".
