Going down in the lift, Natalia Haldin did not break the silence.

Nothing interposed to break the silence, but the rustling of the leaves.

He paused: the prisoner did not break the silence, and Thénardier resumed:-

The Chief of Police, Polatschek, was the first to break the silence.

Grazia was the first to make an effort to break the silence.

If one passes directly along, the bird may scarcely break the silence.

Mirah was the first to break the silence, standing where she was.

Both felt anxious and embarrassed, and neither dared to break the silence.

I felt embarrassed, unable to break the silence by any sensible utterance.

Determined to break the silence, which is proving oppressive, she says, demurely:

The Chevalier listened, waiting for his father's voice to break the silence.

To break the silence he murmured, 'My men will deal with everything.

For a few moments they let the crackling fire break the silence.

I tried to think of something to say to break the silence.

And he NEVER flossed. The beeps from the scanner break the silence.

This is where spouses have to force themselves to break the silence.