Then he stared at her, a long moment stretching between them.

Out of her window I can see the river stretching between the trees, light and quiet in the sun.

As the silence stretched between them, he knew she was thinking through his actions.

The line stretched between us pulled another one into the void.

His body was stretched between the boat and the branches.

After those words, a silence once more began to stretch between us, and I thought desperately of what to say next.

The silence stretched between them, until finally he broke it.

They stared at each other, the silence stretching between them.

She was looking at a handkerchief stretched between her hands.

I can sense that vast gulf of experience stretching between us.