The sound of thunder broke the silence of the night.
The room was totally silent except for the sound of the snoring dog.
My sister likes to sit in church, and enjoy the silence and the peacefulness.
The young couple sat in silence, neither one brave enough to look at
the other.
The bedroom was silent except for the sound of the fan turning on the ceiling.
The government is trying to silence the Opposition by jailing political dissidents.
Philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson once remarked, "I like the silent church before the service begins,
better than any preaching."
A woman once joked that women like silent men because they think they're listening.
The Dalai Lama once remarked that silence is sometimes the best answer.
The cat crept silently towards the bird.
There is a Swiss proverb which holds that
speech is silver, but silence is golden.
There is a Saudi Arabian proverb which states that there are five ways in which to become wise: be silent, listen, remember, grow older, and study.
There is a Czech proverb which states that our parents taught us to speak, and the world taught us to be silent.
There is an Egyptian proverb which says to love, and let the world know, but to hate in silence.
There is an Iraqi proverb which remarks that the poor are the silent of the land.