At this, a stark silence filled the Close.

His stark and stubborn silence informed her that he had not.

For a long moment, there was only stark silence in the vast house.

A moment of stark silence filled the room.

To his relief, he heard only a low whinny, followed by a stark silence.

Her laughter was almost hysterical; it cut off in the middle, leaving stark silence.

Once again, there was a stark silence in the room.

"You mean, the bodies," Bashir said, breaking his stark silence at last.

His words lingered in the otherwise stark silence of the starship's bridge.

In this mood, it mattered not at all to him that his entrance was greeted with sudden, stark silence.