With a fearful silence, the Indian chief came suddenly to life.

The longest, most fearful silence grew between us.

We passed through two of them, our footfalls echoing in their fearful silence, and came to a passage.

There was an absolute, almost fearful silence among the mourners.

Most of the Medans stood with heads bowed, in sullen or fearful silence.

The first thing to notice about this story of war is its fearful silence about the enemy.

For a moment there was hubbub, then a cold, fearful silence fell.

Helpless, not knowing whether the music or the words frustrated us more, we waited in fearful silence for what had to come next.

One of the door guards hissed an alarm, and everyone fell into fearful silence, ducking low.

But the contempt in his action they did recognize - and a dead, a fearful silence fell upon them all.