All the windows remained lightless; and a tomblike silence hung upon the building.
Except for their footsteps, as they circled the central well, there was a tomblike silence.
Inside the building, nothing but a tomblike silence.
The tomblike silence was broken by a voice like rolling thunder: "Death waits in this place for those who stay!"
Her voice was something of a shock, a pebble dropped into the tomblike silence.
The alarm had killed all other sounds; in the sudden tomblike silence of the huge room the mayor's order sounded like a shout.
For a moment the world seemed to be filled with absolutely perfect, tomblike silence.
He wrapped himself in a heavy cloak and went out from his sleeping chamber into the tomblike silence of the castle.
For all its beauty, the place held a hollow, tomblike silence.
