Period of silent contemplation, prayer, reflection, or meditation at a gathering, often as a gesture of respect in mourning.
1 Members of the country's parliament observed a one - minute silence in her memory.
2 Following the Toulouse killings, Sarkozy announced a one - minute silence in schools throughout France.
3 It started with the ringing of church bells followed by a respectful one - minute silence .
4 Puskas's family appealed in a statement for dignified mourning and parliament held a one - minute silence today.
5 Many offices around Germany joined Thursday's commemoration by holding a one - minute silence in memory of the victims.
6 Only the crying of babies interrupted the one - minute silence at 3.10 p.m. on Saturday.
7 On Tuesday, an hour-long service of commemoration was held at Manchester Cathedral while there was also a nationwide one - minute silence .
8 England's players observed a Europe-wide one - minute silence at 11:00 GMT on Monday before their training session.
9 But no sooner had a botched attempt at a one - minute silence for the dead Leeds fans passed than they took the lead.
10 A one - minute silence has been observed across the UK to remember the 30 British men and women killed in the Tunisia massacre last Friday.
11 The 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.
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