1.   Adam kept his silence and cursed his helplessness.

2.   Argerich kept her silence even as rumors spread that she was fatally ill.

3.   As Italians waited into the night for firmer results, the center-right coalition, led by former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, kept its silence.

4.   But he has kept his silence.

5.   But their leader, who calls himself Subcommander Marcos, has kept his silence since going to Mexico City in March to seek passage of the original bill.

6.   I kept my silence, even with friends, even with my husband, and never mentioned Salinger in any of my published work.

7.   In Washington, Aristide kept his silence, remaining secluded with his advisers.

8.   Kuchma, too, kept his silence Tuesday, after brief calls for national unity Monday night.

9.   Let all the earth keep silence before them.

10.   Most judges are uncomfortable with statements in the press about pending cases and would like lawyers to keep monastic silence.