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Example sentences for "silence followed"

  • A silence followed; and then he heard footsteps moving toward the hall.

  • Silence followed, and Gualtier sat looking abstractedly at his sheet of music.

  • A silence followed, and each seemed to take a hasty glance at the other.

  • A moment of silence followed,--no sound but that of apples dropping here and there to the ground heavily, and of Pan Kharlamp panting more loudly while restraining his weeping.

  • All were confused, and a moment of silence followed.

  • A long interval of silence followed; only Pan Michael's mustaches stood out somewhat and began to move quickly, though lightly.

  • Silence followed again, interrupted this time by the lady: "I will try to comfort you, as far as my strength permits.

  • A moment of silence followed, then Mashko spoke further, with a weakening voice: "She could have rescued me.

  • Silence followed; but both Marynia and Pani Emilia felt that they had not begun yet to talk of that which, if it did not concern both, concerned Pani Emilia most seriously.

  • Silence followed, broken only by the somewhat panting breath of Pan Stanislav.

  • A moment of silence followed; then the general continued,--"See what it is to admit over the threshold any of those people without conscience or honor.

  • Silence followed, during which were heard the quick breathing of Vinicius, and the distant song of slaves at work in the garden.

  • At length a silence followed, then the door swung open, and three figures came down the illuminated path.

  • A few moments of silence followed, when Eldon Parr was seen to be standing in the doorway, surveying them.

  • A silence followed: of the sort that chills.

  • An interval of silence followed, during which Mr. Worthington shuffled with his letters and pretended to read them.

  • Silence followed, interrupted only by the snoring of Tugai Bey and the koshevoi, and by the plaintive chirp of the cricket in one corner of the cabin.

  • A moment of silence followed, but through the windows came the uproar of the revelling nobles.

  • A moment of silence followed; nothing was heard but the crackling of the fire and the snorting of the horses.

  • A moment of silence followed, broken only by the tramp of horses heard at the gate; for the rest of Skshetuski's men were going to the boats at the shore.

  • A silence followed, but a silence that seemed about to be broken.

  • A moment of silence followed, broken only by Clementina's failures in quieting herself.

  • Ye're ayont me there," said Blue Peter, and a silence followed.

  • Silence followed, after which there could be seen a dark form, stealthily issuing from the tower and making off toward the stable which was situated on the left side of the courtyard near the arsenal.

  • After the orders had been given a silence followed.

  • A silence followed, and then voices in the throng:— “How clean our house?

  • Here the sufferings of the sick man made further speech impossible and a long hour of silence followed.

  • A few moments of silence followed, and: "Thanks!

  • A moment of silence followed; it seemed as though the leader and his subordinates found a certain wild pleasure in bringing to mind their shame and defeat.

  • A moment of silence followed; then a threatening voice was heard in the thicket,-- "What kind of men are you?

  • Silence followed in the room, and only the deep sound of the neighboring pine-trees entered from outside.

  • Silence followed; then Volodyovski began to mutter again: "Ah, I was entertained there with ingratitude, paid for affection with contempt.

  • Another pause of silence followed, and Myles began to pluck up some heart that maybe all would yet be well.

  • A little space of silence followed, the while he strove to key his courage to the saying of that which lay at his mind.

  • As they ended speaking, a little pause of silence followed, and then the King suddenly aroused himself.

  • A moment of silence followed; so the Mahdi, thinking the boy did not understand the question, repeated it more plainly.

  • A moment of silence followed, after which Idris' loud voice resounded: "To the road!


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "silence followed" 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:
    about fourteen; adopted child; continuous current; cracking quality; earthen vessel; economic science; either the; eleven thousand; first minister; foreign corn; gold mohurs; hasty pudding; heavenly life; higher criticism; poor place; pressure engine; quick succession; sacred grove; silence fell; silence followed; small chapel; strange mixture; twice over