Значения термина decorous silence на английском

The decorous silence of the synagogue was broken by a hubbub of mutual questions.

Accordingly, it only remained to wait in decorous silence during the remaining ten minutes.

The Reverend Doctor Pilsbury arose in a more decorous silence.

The boarders dispatched it not without recurring cheerfulness, broken now and again by fits of decorous silence.

The cool, sweet smell of the place, the decorous silence, the order of it all appealed to him strongly.

The young man slipped his arm around the young diplomatist's waist, and they walked on in decorous silence under the orange-trees.

But supper had cheered Tant Sannie, who found it impossible longer to maintain that decorous silence, and whose heart yearned over the youth.

For a time, a decorous silence was preserved; but presently, some whispering was heard; perhaps melancholy discoursing touching the close of the diver's career.

Decorous silence prevailed until the house was exchanged for the green and shady churchyard: but then tongues were loosened, and the flower-bed broken into clusters.

"Now, men," began the captain, when all had assumed a decorous silence, "what do you think that war ship supposed we were?"