As they merged back into traffic, a gloomy silence settled in the car.

I waited for him to say, more, but a gloomy silence stretched between us.

They walked on in gloomy silence for some time.

Late afternoon watched an early evening's approach in gloomy silence.

He turned to look at the time traveler, who was slumped in gloomy silence.

Esther goes into these long gloomy silences and I never know what she's thinking.

There was a gloomy silence following this news, during which time I thought furiously.

This fear would have been enough in itself to justify my husband's gloomy silence.

A gloomy silence settled over the company until the leader spoke again.

He came back to eat, but the meal passed in gloomy silence.