| long silence | 7.18 | Long silence. | ||
| stunned silence | 7.11 | Another stunned silence. | ||
| stony silence | 3.88 | Stony silence. | ||
| eerie silence | 3.49 | Just eerie silence. | ||
| public silence | 3.03 | Hastert, R-Ill., kept his public silence. | ||
| awkward silence | 2.96 | An awkward silence followed. | ||
| complete silence | 2.96 | There was complete silence. | ||
| official silence | 2.63 | A blanket of official silence was imposed on the case Sunday. | ||
| dead silence | 2.57 | Dead silence. | ||
| total silence | 2.50 | Total silence. | ||
| tense silence | 2.44 | There was a tense silence. | ||
| absolute silence | 1.65 | Absolute silence ensues. | ||
| brief silence | 1.58 | There was a brief silence. | ||
| embarrassed silence | 1.45 | ...an embarrassed silence. | ||
| uncomfortable silence | 1.38 | Uncomfortable silence. | ||
| relative silence | 1.32 | The relative silence in the dugout. | ||
| shocked silence | 1.32 | There was a moment of shocked silence. | ||
| deafening silence | 1.25 | There was a deafening silence. | ||
| virtual silence | 1.18 | They drove back to Newmarket in virtual silence. | ||
| sudden silence | 1.12 | Sudden silence. |