I could sense the oppression of the place, the terrible silence.

The words had brought a terrible silence upon the group.

A terrible silence descended upon the ready room at that point.

There was a terrible silence in the room, and then Flynn spoke again.

Anything was better than the terrible silence that had fallen.

Suppose she was the only person left alive in that terrible silence!

Bass hesitated in what seemed a long and terrible silence.

It had been replaced by what seemed a terrible silence.

Once again there was a sudden terrible silence in the room.

But the terrible silence took hold of Nelson, too, and no words came.