1.   Asked to do so, the actress turns silent, then dissolves into laughter, and finally stammers.

2.   A boisterous crowd suddenly turned silent.

3.   Gwynn is one of the most eloquent and cooperative players in the major leagues and it is too bad he selected Tuesday to turn silent.

4.   He turns silent and leaves the locker room with a lingering air of defeat.

5.   The arena instantly turned silent.

6.   The dogs in the truck turn silent and wait their turn to train.

7.   The room turned silent.

8.   The world turned silent except for the sweep of the wind through the trees.

9.   Then, as he kept playing, he turned silent for the chorus.

10.   And when Rahlves came soaring down the slope Tuesday, the clanging cowbells of the Austrian fans turned eerily silent.