deathly quiet
Frequency: 7.917.6 per million words
emphasizes an extreme and often unnatural level of quietness
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- 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.