I turned away and a heavy silence fell between us.
Her father sat in his heavy silence, like a monument.
There was a heavy silence on the other end of the line.
On the other end, over the thousands of miles, there was only a heavy silence.
Men, women and children all stared at us in heavy silence.
There was a moment of heavy silence in the room.
There was a heavy silence at the table as they ate.
A heavy silence came, a weight was gone from the air.
A heavy silence descended on the rest of the table.
There had been a long and heavy silence between them.