11.   Then the trumpet sounded, and silence fell.

12.   Silence fell as I entered the room.

13.   A silence has fallen in the room, I realize.

14.   It would be too dangerous, she sensed, to let another silence fall.

15.   Silence fell, and for a while Luce thought about the Lion of Venice and his Lucia, and wished fervently that the ring would one day be recovered.

16.   Silence fell, hanging over them for several minutes before Travis broke it with a casual observation.

17.   An appalling silence fell over Olympic Park and, for a few brief seconds, almost no one could absorb the horror of what had just happened.

18.   An eerie silence fell.

19.   As Fowler strode to the platform, a hushed silence fell over the crowd.

20.   A hushed silence quickly fell upon the track.