cone of silence

Awkward moment: Bush asked to see the cone of silence.

It was as though she were in some isolated cone of silence.

It helped to visualize the cone of silence in which they had stood.

The entire building is a huge cone of silence.

This region over the transmitter was known as the "cone of silence."

It was weird how touching her hand seemed to have dropped a cone of silence around the whole room.

The Baron felt himself to be within a sudden personal cone of silence produced by his own shock.

It comes up, and then everything passing through it is in this cone of silence.

"The Cone of Silence," she said, searching my face for a smile.

History of the AN range and its "cone of silence"

"In cone of silence, tell Grigori what you get me into."

In his comfy cone of silence, then, he'd prefer to let his record do the talking.

Maxwell Smart's "cone of silence" is finally a reality.

This area is commonly referred to as the radar's "Cone of Silence".

So Facebook is taking proactive responsibility to bring up the cone of silence for their entire billion users, ultimately across the world.

"There's a cone of silence between two of the pillars over here on our left," the Baron said.

Not to the Sharer, who imagines that cell phones come with a built in cone of silence.

During the first episode of the show, the Cone of Silence is lowered.

After the Cone of Silence is lowered, it randomly raises and lowers.

The Cone of Silence produces a very strong echo that gives both characters a headache.

But because of the cone of silence, the phones don't work, so I can't make any calls.

Alternative phrases include screen (screening), firewall, cone of silence, and ethical wall.

The film Cone of Silence represented his concern that human factors were being ignored in the aviation industry.

He thought of Radchuk and his cone of silence.

This is one of the few occasions where the Cone of Silence itself did not malfunction.