Sentence examples for fall silent and empty from inspiring English sources

While those students who choose to stay at home may help to redistribute the balance in rural regions and towns such as Milton Keynes and Swindon, the places that once buzzed with student life will fall silent and empty.

The room fell silent and then emptied.

Case, 56, falls silent and stares out the window, drumming his fingers on the back of the empty chair next to him as he goes through some sort of internal calibration.

She fell silent and reached into her bag.

The Iraqis fell silent, and their anger subsided.

It is staggeringly silent, and empty.

In the semi-dark, the reef was silent and empty.

Amid the urban din, the Magen David Synagogue sits silent and empty.

The brick factories sit silent and empty.

I noticed that the woods, too, were silent and empty.

The next day, the island falls silent: the roads empty, the airport closes, the hearths stay cold -- all to fool the evil spirits into believing Bali is deserted and to leave it alone.