Another silence, cold as a still winter night, filled the room.

There was a cold silence as he slowly raised himself from the floor.

There would be a cold silence between them tonight.

In the face of her cold silence, he lost all brashness.

Now, though, she simply sat back in cold silence, hearing him out.

There was a cold silence of perhaps ten seconds while Pitt hesitated.

Richard sat in the dark, cold silence and thought for a time.

He became aware of the cold silence in the cellar once more.

A few late cars drifted by both ways, but for the most part the world lay in the cold silence of early morning.

Still, the moment was heavy with promise and symbolism, coming after nearly four years of cold silence between the two nations.