I let the chords die, laid a hand along the strings, and listened.

When the final chord died away, the audience remained quiet for what seemed like a full minute.

She kept her hands on the keys until the last chord died away to silence.

When she let the last, ebbing chord die away, there was silence for a long moment; then, as though just waking from sleep, the men stirred.

As the final chords died away, I looked around the cabin, breathlessly.

As the last chord died upon his ear, he raised his head to listen to its lingering vibration.

The chords of the lutar and Anna's voice died away.

As the last chord died away there was a respectful silence before the audience burst into loud applause.

It struck a chord with Davenant students who were moved by statistics like 15,000 children die each day from hunger and starvation.

As the final chords died away, he sighed and went back to his studying.