That caused a silence solid enough to touch.

The noise of it smashing to fragments caused a momentary silence.

I'd expected that to cause a stunned silence, and it did.

The remark caused a brief silence, almost an appalled one that a sea creature would make such a statement.

The force of that quiet statement caused a silence.

Something in his voice then caused a silence in the chamber.

This caused a silence while they took it in.

The surprise of all present was therefore such as to cause a momentary silence.

The exchange between the two of them had caused a vast silence to fall over the battlefield.

This caused a silence, followed by a babble of voices, from a group of diners near the fire.