1.   An eerie silence descended over the house.

2.   And now the uproar that he had finally raised was dying away, and a gratifying silence was descending once again.

3.   He felt silence descend and press on him.

4.   One might mention an object or a locality, and sepulchral silence would descend.

5.   The same heavy, brooding silence descended on them.

6.   As the Archon entered, a silence descended over the gathered parliamentarians.

7.   When they were left alone, a silence descended, broken only by the click of silver against porcelain as Jake helped himself to sugar and stirred.

8.   An awful silence descended.

9.   Miraculously, silence descended.