How to use "silence" in a sentence

There is only silence, darkness and cold.

There was a loud explosion and then, silence.

Inspector Javert walked into his office, and stood in silence waiting for him to look up from his work.

Finally, having heard all the evidence, the judge called for silence

When he had persuaded the court of the truth of his confession, he was faced with a shocked but respectful silence.

There was a sudden silence in the room

A few minutes later, having heard only silence, he turned round

Thenardier sat on the corner of the table in silence for some moments, swinging his leg and gazing with a fierce satisfaction at the fire

The survivors were reloading their guns in silence, when suddenly a loud voice called, 'Get out now, or I'll blow up the barricade!'

In their new house, they went to bed in silence

A few minutes later, he found himself in a long underground passage, a place of absolute peace and silence

He walked in total darkness, the silence broken occasionally by the thunder of gun carriages and horses racing along the streets of Paris far above his head.

Valjean laid Marius gently on the grass and stood up, surrounded by silence, enjoying the feeling of fresh air on his face

I could not silence the voice that speaks to me when I am alone.'

Valjean would sit looking at Cosette in silence, or would talk about incidents from their past

Beethoven fills the silence again, and I look at Robin and see that there is sweat on his face too, but Hastings does not move.

But there is silence.

For a moment there is an awkward silence, and Peter and Michael exchange a smile

"Well, our conversation is about murder," says Peter to fill the silence "the perfect murder."

And at this point she screams and runs from the building and falls to the floor." Eleanor stops speaking, and for a moment there is silence at the table.

"Yes," Eleanor says, and for a moment more there is silence again.

"Yes, I'm here," he says, and for a moment there is silence before he remembers what to say

"Bless me, Father, for I have sinned." And again there is a long silence

There is another silence

And this time the silence is heavy and tense, and Barry can hear the voices of the women as they leave the church

He hits the button for the radio, and an old song fills the silence of the desert

any information call..." and then the signal fails, and there is only the sound of the old classic engine and the silence of the desert.

And now there is silence in the carriage, and Sarah sees that everyone is listening to the conversation.

At once, there was silence: the noise of all the people outside was completely shut out

There was a second of silence.

There was a silence

There was silence

There was a silence.

There was a silence

There was a moment's silence

We ate in silence

For a few moments there was silence

'Manderley was looking very lovely when I came away.' There was another silence

We ordered our food and sat for a time in a pleasant, easy silence.

There was silence

There was a long silence

There was silence.

There was another silence.

We waited in silence

In the brittle silence of the desert night, she imagined that she could sense an intruder listening too, listening for her.

After a long silence, a brief clattering echoed through the house from another room, startling Vivienne

Then silence again.

The sudden silence had an oppressive weight.

After a brief silence, the radio turned on spontaneously.

For a few seconds the silence was split by an electronic squeal as sharp as an ax blade

For a moment, they sat in silence, sipping cognac.

As he and Elliot ambled along the sun-splashed street, Kennebeck mulled over the problem in silence for almost a minute

In silence, they walked back to the house, where the party was getting louder by the minute.

They rode in silence for a while.

Following the monotonous, earsplitting repetition of that two-word message, the silence was stunning.

In the car again, with the doors locked and the engine running and the heater operating full-blast, they sat in stunned silence, basking in the warm air, but shivering nonetheless.

There was silence

What I want is silence.'

There was no screaming or shouting, but a silence

The two women sat in silence.

We both sat in complete silence, so we could hardly hear each other breathing

He disappeared behind the pile of earth and for a moment there was silence

Then there was silence.

For a long time I lay close to the opening until, encouraged by the silence, I looked out.

And over all - silence

The noise of burning was actually better than silence.

The silence grew greater

The silence came suddenly

I hid from the night and the silence until long after midnight, in a garden hut in Harrow Road

I go out into the Byfleet Road, and vehicles pass me, a boy on a bicycle, children going to school - and suddenly they become strange and unreal, and I hurry on again with the soldier through the hot, dangerous silence

I heard the noise of playing children and remembered the deep silence of the dawn of that last great day...

Then we sit in silence

We ate our cold meat in silence

And there was a silence.

There was more silence

That silence again

She took the motor with thanks; the price she paid was her silence about Mercy