There was a long and ominous silence from the star face.

I asked, not able to stand the long, ominous silence that had fallen over me.

There followed an ominous silence for a couple of months.

The ominous silence of the men behind them was forgotten.

There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone.

The trip back to Central was made in ominous silence.

It rose to a singing final word, and then came ominous silence.

There was an ominous silence on the other end of the line.

He described the response of the military government as "ominous silence."

The voices rose once more inside, then were followed by an ominous silence.