Period of silent contemplation, prayer, reflection, or meditation at a gathering, often as a gesture of respect in mourning.
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Examples for "moment of silence"
Examples for "moment of silence"
1In that moment of silence, the door of the room was opened.
2There was a moment of silence before Roland said, 'Er, why not?'
3There was a moment of silence; and then my Lord Stafford answered.
4The old soldier's eyes asked many questions in the moment of silence.
5The sound died away and was succeeded by a moment of silence.
1For several minutes silence reigned, and then at last the other spoke.
2One minutes silence was also held before kickoff, in memory of Iosefo.
3For a few minutes silence reigned, whilst I thought and inwardly prayed.
4For a few minutes silence reigned, as the two stood there.
5For a few minutes silence reigned as we shoveled food into our mouths.
1Members of the country's parliament observed a one-minute silence in her memory.
2Following the Toulouse killings, Sarkozy announced a one-minute silence in schools throughout France.
3It started with the ringing of church bells followed by a respectful one-minute silence.
4Puskas's family appealed in a statement for dignified mourning and parliament held a one-minute silence today.
5Many offices around Germany joined Thursday's commemoration by holding a one-minute silence in memory of the victims.
6Only the crying of babies interrupted the one-minute silence at 3.10 p.m. on Saturday.
7On Tuesday, an hour-long service of commemoration was held at Manchester Cathedral while there was also a nationwide one-minute silence.
8England's players observed a Europe-wide one-minute silence at 11:00 GMT on Monday before their training session.
9But no sooner had a botched attempt at a one-minute silence for the dead Leeds fans passed than they took the lead.
10A one-minute silence has been observed across the UK to remember the 30 British men and women killed in the Tunisia massacre last Friday.
11The memorial service was expected to be attended by politicians, unions and civic leaders and will end with a one-minute silence to mark the killings.
Translations for one-minute silence