Sentence examples for was initially silent from inspiring English sources

The demonstration was initially silent.

Van Breda Kolff was initially silent but issued a statement today saying, "I welcome, look forward to and will cooperate fully with the ongoing investigation".

As the violence erupted last week, Mr. Erdogan was touring a factory that makes tanks and was initially silent on the unfolding crisis.

When the station opened at the end of 2009 in an inner suburb full of faded state-owned factories, the neighborhood was initially silent.

Ms. Rousseff's likely campaign opponent, the governor of São Paulo, José Serra, was initially silent on the issue; São Paulo is a much smaller oil producer than Rio.

Reached by telephone and told that Mr. Mubarak's release from prison now looked imminent, Ahmed Maher, the founder of the 6th of April youth group that helped start the revolution, was initially silent for several moments.

Top officials were initially silent about the December protests, but on Saturday the government had taken an assertive approach, organizing pro-government demonstrations in several large cities as a counterweight.

When the machete attacks on Bangladeshi intellectuals began three years ago, Bangladeshi authorities were initially silent.

The text says that her father Jacob is initially silent, yet her brothers plot to exact murderous revenge on the perpetrators.

Ten cells which were initially silent during S1 S3, started to form place fields when odors were introduced into the arena (S4 S6).

Though he was initially cast as an silent extra, his role quickly blossomed into one with dialogue and a credit.