Then suddenly she fell mute, and, glancing down at her face, I read in an instant the thing she had thought to do.

Simultaneously a Volvo about a hundred feet behind the truck also stopped and fell mute.

'Then we will go round the ship, if you please,' replied Jack, and all fell mute.

Then I fell mute with confusion, having recalled the place at last.

He offers to answer any questions and once again the room falls mute.

Her analytical mind, always so ready to examine a problem from all angles, fell strangely mute on the subject.

But he fell mute the instant the victims were out of hearing.

Now, when all that she hoped for was attainable, she fell mute.

They all fell mute as a waiter rolled up the table containing their quickly prepared lunch orders.

The old woman took her hand back and fell mute.