No wind moved the trees and a peculiar silence had descended.

A peculiar silence seemed to surround the two locked ships, though in the distance the sound of cannon could still be heard.

He opened his eyes with a jerk, when he became aware of the peculiar silence around him.

Sunday's debate provides a superb opportunity for all three men to end their peculiar silence.

There was a peculiar silence in the halls and corridors of the buoy.

He merely looked back at me in a rather peculiar silence.

We sat in silence then, that same peculiar silence he had imposed on the beach the Saturday before.

It was then that Larry became conscious of the peculiar silence.

Once more a peculiar silence enclosed her, blocking the riot of sound.

There was a peculiar silence at the other end of the phone.