| break silence | 18.70 | I broke the silence. | ||
| maintain silence | 4.34 | Kerr maintained a silence. | ||
| buy silence | 1.78 | It has bought silence. | ||
| keep silence | 1.71 | But he has kept his silence. | ||
| hear silence | 1.18 | But they hear only silence. | ||
| shatter silence | 0.99 | A loud scream shattered the silence. | ||
| fill silence | 0.86 | Or at least fill its silences. | ||
| end silence | 0.79 | Raul Mondesi ended his silence. | ||
| observe silence | 0.72 | Be quiet if silence is being observed. | ||
| interpret silence | 0.53 | I interpreted her silence as anger. | ||
| pierce silence | 0.53 | A scream pierced the silence. | ||
| demand silence | 0.46 | Demand silence. | ||
| get silence | 0.46 | He got silence. | ||
| take silence | 0.46 | I had taken silence. | ||
| use silence | 0.46 | Once again, he uses silence so well. | ||
| have silence | 0.39 | I have silence. | ||
| hold silence | 0.39 | A moments silence was held in memory of the four crew on board who all died. | ||
| interrupt silence | 0.39 | The weak coughs of the youngsters interrupted the silence. | ||
| punctuate silence | 0.39 | The silence was occasionally punctuated by laughter. | ||
| bring silence | 0.33 | His death brought a silence to the Wal-Mart. |