Sentence examples for worrying silence from inspiring English sources

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"Additionally, we were reminded of the worrying silence of the South African government in relation to anti-gay legislation in other African countries and more specifically the recent developments in Uganda".

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My parents read and reread the letter at the dinner table, alternately laughing and falling into worried silence.

I pulled myself to my feet, smiled unconvincingly, and limped on in worried silence – Alan thinking about his broken rucksack, me about my throbbing ankle… and Tom about his choice of teammates.

By the time their 3,000-mile 3,000-mile train from California to Brooklyn ended in their mother's arrest and indictment for assaulting them, their gouged and lacerated faces, broken bones and scar tissue spoke louder than the whispered suspicions and worried silence of their closest family members.

Letting a pause hang is the only time you should worry about silence in a conversation.

A person who is lying will be worried about silence, and as such will try to fill it with questions, or different topics.

Sources also describe a worrying "culture of silence" about the internal workings of the UN's Damascus operation.

In the case of gender-based violence, for instance, women often suffer in silence, worrying nobody will believe them or that they will be blamed.

I sat in silence, worrying about keeping my girlfriend waiting at LAX, until I was called to the counter by a guard named Officer James, who began repeating a bunch of questions that I'd already been asked.

"I don't worry about silencing my critics," he said.

Cameron's silence is worrying.

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