The three walked up toward the house in somewhat constrained silence.

A constrained silence was maintained around the camp-fire for a while.

There was a moment of constrained silence, and then the banker's wife spoke.

A constrained silence took possession of the little gathering again.

She still looked agitated, and during the meal there was a somewhat constrained silence.

Thus far they had proffered fugitive remarks only, lapsing speedily into somewhat constrained silence.

There was a few minutes' constrained silence after this remark.

A constrained silence fell, in which the Earl alone maintained a perfect ease of manner.

Then he produces his own bayonet, and the two weapons are compared-stillin constrained silence.

There was a moment's constrained silence; and then Elisabeth broke the tension by saying lightly-

There was a queer constrained silence for several moments.

There was rather a constrained silence for a moment.

They kept, of course, no constrained silence about it.

The meal was finished in a constrained silence.

When the lad disappeared up the stairway, he left a long and constrained silence behind him.

Then Joan arrived and broke the constrained silence.