Another thoughtful silence threatened; she decided to prime him.

Instead, after the moment's silence threatened to stretch unbearably, she blurted, "Would you go back?

His continued silence threatened to poison his marriage and would certainly destroy this friendship.

Another silence threatened Anna, but this one was blessedly shortlived.

As the silence threatened to stretch, Sparky climbed up from his seat onto the huge table.

"Arch," I said, when the silence threatened to become oppressive, "what, exactly, did you plan to do with it?"

Caspar asked when a silence threatened to develop.

The silence after that threatened to extend itself for rather a long time.

The momentary, following silence threatened Jennie, and she opened her lips to break it.

His silence, expanding into the succeeding seconds, threatened to choke the universe.