There was breathless silence among the persons who had gathered round the girl.

Then there followed a moment of almost breathless silence.

In the yard there was an abrupt and breathless silence.

The breathless silence, broken, perhaps, by a far sweet bird call, was not reassuring in itself and soon they would stop to listen again.

For a space there was breathless silence in the room.

The people below them kept breathless silence for the play before the throne had not passed un-noticed.

There was a waiting, breathless silence for a very long time.

"Reverse power, sir," he said, his voice loud in what was now an almost breathless silence.

Reddie got to his feet amid a rather breathless silence.

A breathless silence, while everyone waited for the Chairman's next comment.