During the fifth course, Whitney broke her long-enduring, self-imposed silence.

"My grandfather had it built," Harlan broke the self-imposed silence to inform her, indicating the old house with a nod.

I broke my self-imposed silence, as the reason for his feelings of guilt became instantly clear.

But 20 years of self-imposed silence turns out to be a difficult discipline to break.

This tack was so unexpected as to bring Corin out of his self-imposed silence.

He will break his self-imposed silence and actually talk to people for a while.

The tight end, still holding to his self-imposed silence with the news media, held up one finger today when asked about his future.

Monk's self-imposed silence began when he returned to training camp after missing the 1983 Super Bowl with a broken foot.

If it is poor, Steinbrenner is likely to end his self-imposed silence and speak his mind.

If you have a self-imposed silence, then you cannot exercise your First Amendment right.