Administration officials explain the President's silence and lack of focus another way.

But there are other ways to explain his silence.

She tells the story of a birthday party to explain her child's silence.

The only other place he could be was in the workshop and if he had the phone cut off it would explain his silence.

Which did a great deal to explain Jamie's silence over supper.

But it still didn't explain her silence about her late husband.

He felt a sudden need to explain his silence on the subject.

Still, he is not willing to make enemies now, which many say explains his silence.

Mandelbrot knew that too, which could also explain his silence.

He did not explain his long silence and they refused to go into detail about the conversations.