Cindy nodded and the awful silence was upon them once again.

In the awful silence, he heard it hit the mud.

And have you still listened to the awful silence in the house after all was over?

But there was only the awful, lonely silence of the night.

There was an awful silence and then someone said, "I don't believe it!"

In the aching, awful silence, she could not bring herself to move.

The awful silence of the place seemed settling on them like a weight.

"I want to go home," she said to the awful silence.

The awful silence made him feel he was trapped in a jar.

The awful silence continued half a minute longer, and he read his fate in their eyes.