And now a great frigid silence had descended between the de Wordes that made the winter chill seem like a sauna.

A frigid silence falls over the table like a frozen mute butler, only breaking less china.

The secretary's friendliness had evaporated and been replaced by frigid silence.

The wind came in hard, cold gusts separated by ominous moments of frigid silence.

She pressed on, seemingly undeterred by his frigid silence.

Now they just sat across from each other in the kitchen, in the living quarters, in frigid silence.

We bent our heads against the wind and hurried in frigid silence toward the front entrance.

The rest of the afternoon passed in frigid silence, broken only by Malcolm's barked instructions.

The few workers still on duty turned their backs in frigid silence.

There was a moment of frigid silence.