In the sudden silence he could not help but hear.

I sat in the sudden silence on the kitchen floor under the table.

Then there was a sudden silence and all eyes seemed to be on me.

There was a sudden silence as all the others looked at him.

It was their sudden silence that brought me back to myself.

Richard and the woman were alone in the sudden silence.

A man at the other side of the table spoke into the sudden silence.

I had to stop, taking a deep breath in the sudden silence.

I asked, and for some reason my voice carried into the sudden silence.

The sudden silence seemed to suggest something had given away their presence.