"silent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- After a few uncomfortably silent moments, he sighed heavily.
- This meant that for long periods they were uncomfortably silent because they could think of nothing to say.
- The theater is uncomfortably silent for a long moment.
- For once he didn't say anything, just sat there uncomfortably silent, and I realized that this was a stupid way to commence a conversation.
- Others, though, stand by, uncomfortably silent through the song.
- For some reason, they all fall uncomfortably silent when I respond, "Are you paying for it?"
- When I finished, the team was uncomfortably silent.
- While we waited, the captain was uncomfortably silent.
- The room goes uncomfortably silent and somebody tries to change the subject.
- The room had fallen uncomfortably silent except for the tinkling of the fountains.
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