He took my silence for refusal to tell him, and accepted it with no more questions.

The winner says, 'I take your silence to mean that you are in agreement with me'.

As she'd hoped, he took her silence for an affirmative.

He took my silence as a rebuff and didn't say another word.

She didn't answer, and he took her silence as permission.

To which she says nothing at all, and I take her silence for submission.

She seemed to take his silence as an urging to go on.

She did not know how to reply, but he apparently took her silence for agreement.

When I did not respond she took my silence to mean the worst.

He went on to name a figure, and took Merrill's silence as acceptance.