Then the silence broke and the questions came, all of them at once.
The silence in the hallway broke, and someone put a hand on her shoulder.
There was- a silence in the room broken only by the falling rain outside.
The crowd's silence had broken as the same question was asked all over the benches.
Their sullen silence broke a little, and they talked among themselves.
Half an hour passed, the silence broken only by the rustle of paper.
Silence in the room for a moment, broken eventually by Rebus.
The silence broke and a wave of sound washed around Charlie.
The silence built for a long moment before Phule broke it.
He waited a moment longer, while the silence thickened, and then broke it.
