The full scale of the epidemic - and that the virus had been silently emerging over several decades - was not known.

They emerged silently from the shadows, twins to the first.

A shady figure emerged silently to the sidewalk.

It was more than an hour later that the grasses at the river bank suddenly parted and Jad-bal-ja emerged silently into their presence.

The Shadow emerged silently from behind the heavy window drape.

He stayed under as far as the diminishing depth permitted, then emerged silently, holding his breath.

Joe saw three shapes emerging silently out of the opposite woods; they stopped at the trees' edge.

Oar emerged silently and kept her mouth shut.

He emerged silently from the shadows they rounded the first bend in the river.

A blackened form emerged silently from the rear door.