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Meanings of strain silence in English

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Usage of strain silence in English
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For a moment no one of our voices broke the strained silence.
When Wilderness Was King / A Tale of the Illinois Country
2
After that, Somerfield held his peace, and a somewhat strained silence followed.
The Illustrious Prince
3
We completed the drive in the same strained silence it had begun.
Bloodfever
4
A strained silence crammed the lab, a void begging to be filled.
Bones to Ashes
5
Recklow seated himself and they listened in strained silence to his careful report.
In Secret
6
After two days of mostly strained silence, they rattled back across the Rhine.
Transgression: a novel of love and war
7
He was aware only of the strained silence at first.
The Sky Line of Spruce
8
There was an instant's strained silence, then the ill-bred young woman found her voice.
Madge Morton's Secret
9
Tessa's sobbing died down, and there fell a strained silence.
The Lamp in the Desert
10
There was a strained silence as she read through it.
Lost in translation
11
Phyllis broke the somewhat strained silence and asked, Back to Drummond's query, Mrs. Hooper.
The President's Assassin
12
The fire popped and crackled, a warm counterpart to the strained silence between them.
Bulletproof bride
13
The rest of the drive was spent in strained silence.
Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
14
We wait in strained silence and the lift makes its achingly slow progress towards us.
Home Again, Home Again
15
Their alternations of strained silence and ill-suppressed violence were succeeded by a simple restful intimacy.
Jean-Christophe Journey's End
16
His approach was made in a somewhat strained silence.
The Killer