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Meanings of tense silence in English

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Usage of tense silence in English
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The astounded judge turned amid tense silence in fury on the prisoner.
The Canadian Commonwealth
2
Not a word or sound broke the tense silence about the operating-table.
The Hills of Hingham
3
There was a tense silence while they waited for Langham to speak.
The Just and the Unjust
4
Her head sank on her breast and a brief, tense silence ensued.
The Fifth Ace
5
There followed a tense silence-Aloysiuslaid his hand on her bent head-
The Secret Power
6
There was a long and tense silence, full of strangeness to Paul.
The Forest Runners: A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kent...
7
There followed a somewhat tense silence before he said, Well, go on!
Charles Rex
8
They sat in tense silence, listening to the sick woman's shallow breaths.
The Golem and the Jinni
9
Presently a cart rattled past in the street below, rasping the tense silence.
The Splendid Folly
10
As he did so tense silence reigned in the little group.
The Return of Tarzan
11
He waited in the tense silence, straining every nerve to hear.
When Egypt Went Broke: A Novel
12
They listened in a tense silence, which broke now and then into cheers.
The Gay Cockade
13
I shuffled my feet, and again there fell the tense silence.
Mr. Standfast
14
A sigh of indrawn breaths ran round the circle, and then tense silence.
Action Front
15
Veronica can't think of any way to break the tense silence that follows.
Night of knives
16
There was a tense silence for a few seconds, then old Hyams said:
Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People
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Tense silence through the time
Tense silence across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common