A tense and anxious silence followed as the detective from Interpol examined the letter.

After half a minute of anxious silence, Silk threw up his hands.

A moment later, Data broke the anxious silence.

This time, though, there was a prolonged and anxious silence.

He found he was sitting up listening in anxious silence.

There was a brief anxious silence and then he continued.

There was an anxious silence as Guderian fought for control.

He performed this further test amid an anxious silence.

Okada read through the single sheet alone, in anxious silence; then he raised his head.

The first few moments of the trip elapsed in anxious silence.