After a long silence, Bob asked him how his kids were.

Another long silence, and then suddenly she had turned to me again.

After a long silence he stood up and went out to the back.

After a long silence she sat down across from him.

Where are we going, he asked after another long silence.

The young man asked but two questions, each after a long silence.

Another long silence as she looked hard into my face.

Again a long silence, but the game had to be played.

Did I perhaps learn from it the long clear silence?

There was a long silence on the other end of the line.