deathly quiet

Frequency: 7.917.6 per million words

emphasizes an extreme and often unnatural level of quietness

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Examples (10)

  • The abandoned house was deathly quiet as they stepped inside.
  • After the sudden power outage, the entire city fell deathly quiet.
  • The courtroom became deathly quiet just before the verdict was read.
  • When I asked him about the money, the other end of the phone line went deathly quiet.
  • The snow-covered forest was deathly quiet, with not even a bird's chirp to be heard.
  • Why is it so deathly quiet in the office today? Did everyone go home?
  • The library had become deathly quiet once the closing bell rang.
  • During the final exam, the lecture hall will be deathly quiet.
  • It was a deathly quiet night, the kind that makes you feel utterly alone.
  • Following the heated argument, the room was left deathly quiet and filled with tension.