Then, in tense silence, they came on down the far side of the wide street.

They all sat in tense silence for not quite ten seconds.

There is a short, tense silence in which the others look at each other.

And then his deep voice cut through the tense silence.

After that, they worked together in tense silence for some little while.

He let me think about that, a long, tense silence between us.

Several minutes of tense silence passed before I spoke again.

The desert night was cold, but they stood in tense silence for a moment.

When he sat down again there was a long, tense silence.

For a full minute, there was only a tense silence.