Out of that blackness something sprang with horrible silence.

There was a horrible silence in the house.

And it's partly because at the heart of every lynching there is a horrible silence: the victims cannot speak.

Solitude was all she could see from the windows; silence, horrible silence, surrounded her out of doors and in.

There was a long, horrible silence, while Leonid's face grew red and angry.

The horrible silence in Brock's reception room terrified her.

A horrible silence lies between us every time we're together.

There followed a horrible silence, save for the lugubrious gong-ing.

He spoke softly, into that horrible silence that had filled the room.

There was a moment of horrible silence as they both stared at the lifetimer.