He scanned the room with a long, silent pause.

A silent pause came to the room with all the suddenness of a stilled pulse.

There was a silent pause, broken only by the sound of Titus playing somewhere nearby.

After a silent pause of several seconds, the speech resumed.

There was a long, silent pause, then Hernandez asked again.

A silent pause before we started toward the hotel once again.

"So," Jevlin said after a silent pause, "what do you think is going to happen?"

'Here they are,' said Wallis, passing the letters after a silent pause.

A long, silent pause; and at last a knock on the door.

After a silent pause, a loud clatter is heard.