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Discover LudwigThe phrase "silence was broken" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use this phrase when describing a situation where a period of silence has been abruptly ended. For example, "The silence was broken by the sound of the gong that signaled the start of the race".
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Then the silence was broken.
Then on Monday the agonising silence was broken.
At Logan Airport, the silence was broken only by weeping.
The early silence was broken by the sound of my grandparents waking.
The silence was broken by the unintelligible crackle of a corrections officer's radio.
The silence was broken only by birdsong and the occasional scuff of our boots.
On the loudspeaker, the silence was broken by "My Heart Will Go On" from "Titanic".
There the silence was broken by the same pitiful sobbing, but the mourners were invisible.
The silence was broken only by a waiter tripping and dropping a tray of champagne glasses.
You could have those". A few moments passed before the stunned silence was broken.
The awkward silence was broken as their compliments slowly came, one piling on another.
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