"silence" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- It finally caused him to break the respectful silence that had been in place between them for over an hour now.
- After a moment of respectful silence, he said, "I'd like you to take a look at the scene."
- She closed the door in respectful silence, and they were home.
- This short waiting was done in a total and respectful silence.
- Suddenly there was a new quality to the respectful silence.
- People no longer felt the need to maintain a respectful silence about the war.
- From experience she knew that respectful silence was the best way to deal with her mother at times like this.
- There was no immediate response - only a respectful silence.
- Even the forest itself seemed to maintain a respectful silence.
- His voice rang with such feeling that there was a moment of respectful silence.
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