He let the uncomfortable silence linger for a moment longer, then snapped a single directive.

Fresh silence lingered for over a minute before he cleared his throat.

He waved them back, letting the silence linger in the clearing.

He let the silence linger long enough for them to pull themselves up to attention.

Not knowing what else to do, I simply froze as the silence afterward lingered.

Skan asked finally, when the silence between them had lingered for some time.

The hostile silence lingered for an embarrassing length of time.

He finished in a minute or two, but the silence lingered much longer.

She let a silence linger, hoping he might make a suggestion, a proposal.

The silence lingered after the nurse had left, and the drug began to work its magic.