"silence" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Then, in tense silence, they came on down the far side of the wide street.
- They all sat in tense silence for not quite ten seconds.
- There is a short, tense silence in which the others look at each other.
- And then his deep voice cut through the tense silence.
- After that, they worked together in tense silence for some little while.
- He let me think about that, a long, tense silence between us.
- Several minutes of tense silence passed before I spoke again.
- The desert night was cold, but they stood in tense silence for a moment.
- When he sat down again there was a long, tense silence.
- For a full minute, there was only a tense silence.
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