Now, almost five weeks later, the continued silence on Pennsylvania Avenue tells a different story.

The pressure of continued silence was too much for Beason.

At her continued silence, he added in a mocking voice, 'Have you changed your mind about him?

Then he demanded certain indignities as the price of his continued silence.

Mason nodded approvingly and then, by his continued silence, indicated that he had nothing more to offer.

Hector should have been in touch by now; regardless of the motive, his continued silence was not comforting.

The continued silence of the silent majority is another.

Surely, thought Hathor at his continued silence, you hear such praise all the time.

He warned that China's continued silence about when the fliers would be returned could harm the relationship between the two countries.

In this view, his continued silence is, in its own way, an enduring and powerful work of art.