Julian thought about that for a long, silent interval.

One singer leads by setting a short rhythmic pattern, which she repeats leaving brief silent intervals between each repetition.

They spent a silent interval staring at the flames.

All this came out in little bits and snatches between long, silent intervals of restlessness.

The recorder also automatically locates a particular selection on the tape by counting the silent intervals between different pieces of music.

There was a long silent interval.

As an exception, no tick (and no silent interval) is transmitted at 29 or 59 seconds past the minute.

Beryl used the silent interval to size up the bearish Frenchman with flashing eyes, before he spoke again.

A long pause, and Sandy slowly realized that their conversations would be built around long silent intervals.

Probably, like the fruit bat Rousettus, they just time the silent interval between each click and its echo.