The others turned to see what she was staring at, and silence replaced laughter.

Soon an expectant silence would replace the applause.

Welcome to the modern workplace, where companies are so concerned about wrongful-termination suits that silence often replaces honest communication.

Perhaps that is the essence of loneliness: to feel that silence will replace you.

Sudden silence replaced the booming explosions of the guns.

A dance ended, and silence replaced the faint strains of music that had come to the sun porch.

A welcome silence gradually replaced the racket they had made.

From beyond the kitchen doorway, silence had replaced the sound of angry, frightened voices.

Momentary silence, then a human voice replaced the digitized one.

In another few moments, they were all looking at him that way, and silence replaced the murmur of voices in the clearing.