Sentence examples for silence lingered from inspiring English sources

At the end, a rapt silence lingered for a seemingly endless minute or more before giving way to thunderous applause.

"Are you guys fucking Japanese or what?" she asks when an awkward silence lingers between songs.

While Lincecum, 25, said he did not pitch with "a chip on my shoulder," he wished his 38-14 carecordecord and durability would silence lingering questions about his unorthodox motion.

Samurai Jack certainly has a more cinematic feel than any of Tartakovsky's best Cartoon Network stuff: there are more widescreens, more atmospheric silences lingering on a single shot and more tension.

Samurai Jack certainly has a more cinematic feel than any of Tartakovsky's best Cartoon Network stuff: there are more widescreen, more atmospheric silences lingering on a single shot, and more tension.

Samurai Jack certainly has a more cinematic feel than any of Tartakovsky's best Cartoon Network stuff: there are more widescreens, more atmospheric silences lingering on a single shot and more tension.

Dread swells best when silence lingers.

And yet, behind the garrulous presentation of these existential paradoxes, a silence lingers.

But those present seemed moved and let silence linger for half a minute at the end before breaking into a long, ardent ovation.

The Master relishes silence not only in himself but in others: "He enjoyed how George Gammon let the silence linger"; "He admired her all the more for... how happy she seemed after a time to let silence reign between them".

"It's tough out there," he says, and lets the silence linger too long.