Silence, a kind of sullen, deliberate silence, reigned.

Jerle looked to Preia for help, but her response to his gaze was deliberate silence.

Hardin sat, creating a deliberate silence before his next question.

The office of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon responded to Mr. Arafat's speech with a deliberate silence.

Many radio stations broadcast birdsong, city-traffic or other atmospheric comfort noise during periods of deliberate silence.

There was a deliberate silence.

Total, deliberate silence.

Valerie changed the subject or kept a deliberate silence.

James knew well that this represented a dangerous mix, and his deliberate silence on the subject was an attempt to defuse it.

Then, approaching in deliberate silence, she came to stop some four meters from her husband.