There was an extended silence, as each (I think) waited for the other to answer.

There was a harsh intake of air, then an extended silence behind the door.

He'd learned that some extended silence could often be more useful than simply leaping straight into discourse.

"I guess I got hit pretty hard," Lon said after there had been an extended silence at the conclusion of his story.

Ma can be a rhythmic rest, or an extended silence, to be broken at the player's discretion.

That remark brought on an extended silence.

Archer was the first to disturb the extended silence.

A love scene of extended silence is memorably touching.

In the passenger cabin, Dawson broke an extended silence.

There was an extended silence before Clark Roberts replied.