"It's to the government, or to the penitentiary," he told Stephen, who had lapsed into his customary silence.

Begging respectful pardon, for the present I will ponder same with my customary silence.

Gover sat in a chair wrapped in his customary silence.

As for members of the New Square community, there was only the customary silence on temporal affairs.

Without even turning around he glides away from her, his tentacle-like feet moving with their customary silence.

Central bank officials abandoned their customary silence last week to respond to reports suggesting that they were injecting cash into the economy.

After tea was served and we lapsed into our customary silence, the general finally turned to me, putting his hand on my arm.

"She does no harm," Lewis said, breaking his customary silence for the second time that morning.

One aspect of her present way of life was the customary silence of the phone.

The other two looked up, surprised by the break in their customary silence.