1.   A deathly silence hung over the square.

2.   The silence hung endlessly, vibrating with unspoken tensions.

3.   An eerie silence hung Monday over an empty highway running through this Jewish settlement.

4.   For several seconds, an awkward silence hung over the packed room.

5.   Nothing did, although an eery silence hung over the school with so many youngsters gone.

6.   Silence hangs heavily, expectantly, in this small room, weighing it down.

7.   The men let silence hang on the line for a few seconds before Chuck finally spoke up.

8.   A ghostly silence hangs over the burned-out hall and the tidy, solid houses where the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God prayed and sang.

9.   After days of furious fighting, a heavy silence hung over the devastated city.

10.   An eerie silence hangs over Blazishte and dozens of other virtually deserted towns in the Kardzhali region of southern Bulgaria.