"silence" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Jenny asked him after a short silence.
- Talia asked after a lengthy silence, her face drawn with exhaustion.
- She would ask suddenly, after a silence: "it will be all right, Petey?
- I asked her after a long silence.
- "Do you suppose," Simeon asked after a brief silence, "they might be starting to make up names for us, too?"
- But it succeeded, and she asked, after a silence: 'Is he married?'
- Cyl asked after a lengthy silence, one eyebrow raised.
- The young man asked but two questions, each after a long silence.
- I asked her, after a long silence, when it began to be awkward to remain mute any longer.
- Urtho asked after a long silence, briskly changing the subject.
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