At exactly eleven o'clock the assembled crowd fell utterly silent for two minutes.

Driving back from Mount Allan after the men's downhill, snow fell softly for about 10 minutes.

Then Robb fell silent for ten agonizing minutes.

At two o'clock, the music playing in Central Park stopped, and people all over the world fell silent for ten minutes.

Marconi died in Rome 20 July 1937; the next day, radio transmitters all over the world fell silent for two minutes.

The bombs continued to fall for five frightening minutes.

The Senate, which was in session when word of his death became known, fell silent for five minutes in his memory.

After that, the Dow fell steadily for 50 minutes, then oscillated.

Following the completion of a 15-minute segment, the music would fall silent for 15 minutes.

Acutely aware of its recent failures in the event, Georgia Tech scored the game's first basket, then fell behind for more than 31 minutes.