Sentence examples for silence hung from inspiring English sources

Silence hung in the air.

A heavy silence hung over the audience.

For a few seconds nervous silence hung over the room.

Before the applause, several seconds of astonished silence hung in the air.

A brief silence hung before Billings said, "There's nothing for kids here".

And then, without pause or explanation, he turned away and said, "Next question". For several seconds, an awkward silence hung over the packed room.

He lets a silence hang.

A tense silence hangs over family gatherings.

I paused, and we let silence hang between us again.

It is late morning in what is left of the northern Iraqi village of Bashir and silence hangs heavy in the air.

With the vast sound cut off, just like that, the silence hangs like fog in the empty hall, thick as syrup.