Heads turned, and there was a moment of shocked silence.
There was a moment's shocked silence, and then the sound of small arms fire broke out close by.
Bob fell into a shocked silence nearly a minute long.
There was a short, perhaps shocked silence in the room down the hall.
After a moment's shocked silence, those around her did the same.
It was always like this in the beginning: the shocked silence.
After a moment of shocked silence, several other people lost it, too.
A shocked silence, but for the even song of the ship.
When they were finished, the room was filled with a shocked silence.
The sound could be heard clearly on the other side, and it was met with shocked silence.
