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Meanings of expectant silence in English
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Usage of expectant silence in English
1
For a long moment Captain Tremayne stood there in tense, expectant silence.
2
He reversed his hands and his men faltered to an expectant silence.
3
Adam waited until they had all coughed and shuffled into expectant silence.
4
But there was a little buzz; then a dead expectant silence; then Mme.
5
The lights, and the sandal-smoke, and the expectant silence emphasized it.
6
Again we sat in expectant silence until several of the group became restless.
7
Peter Ivanovitch stood in portentous expectant silence by the side of his chair.
8
All, however, remained in expectant silence while he gravely went on:-
9
The pipes cease their wailing, and there is an expectant silence.
10
There was a quick rush of feet-thenthat dense, expectant silence once more.
11
In the expectant silence, Langdon heard soft lapping sounds of water.
12
The family, red-faced, bristling, glowered at me in an expectant silence.
13
Slowly, eventually, the Hall quieted, settling into a sort of strained, expectant silence.
14
The heavens and the sea are wrapped in expectant silence.
15
An expectant silence had interrupted the murmur of the multitude.
16
There was no shouting now; but a breathless expectant silence.
This collocation consists of:
Expectant silence through the time
Expectant silence across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common