All the windows remained lightless; and a tomblike silence hung upon the building.

Except for their footsteps, as they circled the central well, there was a tomblike silence.

Inside the building, nothing but a tomblike silence.

The tomblike silence was broken by a voice like rolling thunder: "Death waits in this place for those who stay!"

Her voice was something of a shock, a pebble dropped into the tomblike silence.

The alarm had killed all other sounds; in the sudden tomblike silence of the huge room the mayor's order sounded like a shout.

For a moment the world seemed to be filled with absolutely perfect, tomblike silence.

He wrapped himself in a heavy cloak and went out from his sleeping chamber into the tomblike silence of the castle.

For all its beauty, the place held a hollow, tomblike silence.