Where are we going, he asked after another long silence.

After a long silence, Bob asked him how his kids were.

After a short silence, he turned his head and looked at her again.

After a long silence he stood up and went out to the back.

After a long silence she sat down across from him.

The young man asked but two questions, each after a long silence.

After a silence of eight years, he came forward with one more play, which would be his last.

After a silence, there was the sound of something heavy being moved.

Then, after a long, hot silence, someone in the back of the crowd finally called out a price.

"I know you will help my wife in every way," he said after a moment's silence.