If this sounds strange, it's because the silence between me and Matt in the year leading up to his departure weighed so heavily between us.

But the silence weighs on me-the perpetual solicitation of the eye.

The terrible silence of acceptance weighed the ship down.

The silence weighed upon him, for he could hear nothing now, not even the river, but the drumming of his own arteries in his ears.

Even inside the cloister, the winter's silence weighed on the inhabitants.

It sounded as if he and Tom were the last two creatures alive and that silence weighed on him.

A terrible silence weighed upon the entire scene!

The silence weighed heavier with every passing second, until it became uncomfortable.

Not only did the silence weigh upon them, but they were both unable to frame any thoughts.

The silence in the room weighed heavily on all of them.