He stared me down, and long minutes passed in silence.

The rest of the drive home passed in almost complete silence.

His family passed by the open door behind him in silence.

No one had an answer to that, so the rest of the journey passed pretty much in silence.

Most of the walk passed in silence, as each man considered what had just taken place.

The rest of the short ride into the city passed in silence.

A long minute passed in silence before Ryan made up his mind.

A few minutes passed in silence, and then he spoke again.

Half an hour passed in silence, then finally he began to relax a little.

There were entire years of his life that had passed in silence.