They stood watching him in numb silence, like men who'd been hit over the head but hadn't found time to fall down.

They watched in numb silence as the reports came in one by one.

With the hammer's fourth stroke, the numb silence exploded to engulf everything.

He flicked the holovid off, and floated in numb silence.

She was crouching on the rug in numb silence, exactly where she'd landed after trying to throw me for a loss.

They stood in numb silence until Blade and Giraz were almost up to the barricade.

She loses hours, even days, in numb silence.

Once again the audience lapsed into numb silence.

It's a haunting book, pulsing with a numb silence before the scream.

She sank onto the couch and sat in numb silence.