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Example sentences for "brief silence"

There was a brief silence, during which the uncompromising expression of the Judge did not change.

There was a brief silence, followed by a hoarse murmur from a thick-set man at the edge of the crowd, who shouldered his way to the centre of it.

She seemed on the verge of speech, but checked herself, and there fell a brief silence.

There was a brief silence, and then she felt his hand upon her head.

There fell a brief silence, then impetuously Dinah spoke, urged by the fulness of her heart.

It's a a motor-boat," declared John after a brief silence.

The boys still hesitated to adopt the unusual suggestion and after a brief silence, John said, "I don't believe any of us knows very much about running a motor-boat.

I have no axle,' he added after a brief silence.

Fedya after a brief silence; 'but how can such an evil thing of the woods ruin a Christian soul--he did not listen to her?

There fell a brief silence, then she said with a slight effort: "Your idea of a mother's help has worked wonderfully, Stephen.

There was a brief silence, then chirpily came the answer.

There fell a brief silence, a tense, hard-breathing pause.

And yet,' he went on, after a brief silence, 'in my youth what expectations I aroused!

I wondered to myself whence and in what shape the legend of Joan of Arc had reached her, and after a brief silence, I asked Lukerya how old she was.

I wonder,' he went on, after a brief silence, 'how it is there are no fleas here?

After a brief silence Mr. Britton continued, "You couldn't find a better man for the place or a better position for the man.

Darrell's mother asked, with some hesitation, after a brief silence.

Mr. Britton inquired, after a brief silence; "how do you propose to do this?

She read aloud the contents of the letter, and there was a brief silence, broken at last by Mr. Hammond.

Let me ask you,' I began, after a brief silence, 'do you believe in the possibility of calling up the dead?

But I say,' she added after a brief silence: 'what's he like?

I was scared," she admitted, reluctantly, after a brief silence, smiling a little at her own foolishness.

There was a brief silence before--with a touch of shyness--she spoke again.

Maud opened the letter from Saltash and there fell a brief silence.

There fell a brief silence, and she thought the beating of her heart would choke her.

There was a brief silence; the abbe rose and paced up and down pensively, and then resumed his seat.

There was a brief silence, during which the fixed, searching eye of the abbe was employed in scrutinizing the agitated features of the inn-keeper.

A brief silence ensued, and the old man drummed on the table, with the fingers of his right hand.

A brief silence ensued, during which the magistrate pulled at the corner of his tawny mustache, and earnestly regarded the prisoner.

There was a brief silence; then, of course, the sweet busy mother spoke: "Peter Ottertail and I have schemed together for that.

There was a brief silence, and hot tears ran over the little woman's cheeks.

There was a brief silence, broken by a strangling sob and cough, and over the breast of the priest's cassock a warm red stream trickled.

A brief silence followed, which was broken by the prince.

The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "brief silence" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.

Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
added unto; brief account; brief description; brief instant; brief moment; brief outline; brief pause; brief period; brief sketch; brief space; brief speech; brief survey; brief time; brief visit; celestial phenomena; cooked food; current money; explosive shells; handsome fortune; her uncle; little wood; other colors; spirituous liquors; still called; tall stature; westerly wind