He started for the door in a dead silence and looked back.

There was another dead silence, then Clinton looked over at her.

There was dead silence in the room for a long moment.

There was dead silence for a moment as they looked at one another.

There was dead silence on her end of the line.

For a moment there was dead silence in the room.

When he sat down there was the same dead silence.

In the dead silence, even their steps seemed to make no sound.

There was a moment of dead silence from the other side.

There was a dead silence as they all took this in.