There was an abrupt silence at the other end of the connection.

He was terrified by the abrupt silence which closed in upon him.

There should have been an abrupt silence with her announcement.

The abrupt silence was like an empty hole, torn out.

Abrupt silence followed, and the soldier sensed he was, for whatever reason, the cause.

This time the word was heard by most of the onlookers, and an abrupt silence fell among them.

In the yard there was an abrupt and breathless silence.

In the abrupt silence when he turned off the car, his ears still whined, though less now than before.

Into the abrupt silence, he stepped back two paces, raised the key and shouted.

Chance you take," he said in the abrupt silence "Maybe they missed it.