1.   After the speech there was an uneasy silence and nobody clapped.

2.   An uneasy silence reigned for a moment, and then finally Mr Lewis rose to his feet.

3.   An uneasy silence settled over the room.

4.   The uneasy silence of the small hours fell over the hospital.

5.   There was a moment of uneasy silence before Ray McGovern raised his hand.

6.   There was an uneasy silence.

7.   As soon as the meal was over Didi excused herself on the grounds of a headache, leaving behind her an uneasy silence.

8.   At first there was an uneasy silence, but after a while he thawed enough to read odd items of news aloud to her.

9.   Pruitt, Mathis and the others listened in uneasy silence.

10.   There was an uneasy silence among the crowed and even the stadium loudspeaker system was slow to announce the goal.