She regarded me in that empty silence for long moments more.

There was empty silence for a second, and then a voice.

Then he was gone, leaving an aching, empty silence behind him.

"I'm sorry then," the girl said into the empty silence.

What does he care how many are killed out here in the empty silence of the Belt?

I tried that and there was nothing around me but an empty silence.

There was a long, empty silence as they stared at each other.

In the empty silence that followed, the lieutenant looked around at his fellow crew members.

For a moment I heard nothing; only a frightening, empty silence.

He stood in the empty silence for a second.