Did he used to give your mother the silent treatment?

He couldn't stand the silent treatment she was giving him.

He gave her the silent treatment, for the next four years.

Guess I could expect the silent treatment for a week.

Then they pulled back and tried three weeks of the silent treatment.

After that they gave us another two or three minutes of silent treatment.

It changed into a silent treatment, which was fine with me.

"So how long are you going to keep up the silent treatment?"

The next time,he returned, two weeks later, the silent treatment was waiting for him.

He held his head below sea level in the process, and started giving the entire world the silent treatment.