ominously silent
Frequency: 6.52.1 per million words
Used to describe a silence that suggests something bad is going to happen.
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Examples (20)
- The room fell ominously silent as the verdict was read.
- The house was ominously silent after the argument.
- The forest became ominously silent just before the storm hit.
- After the sudden power outage, the city became ominously silent.
- His phone remained ominously silent throughout the night.
- The forest was ominously silent, with no birds singing.
- The children were ominously silent after their mischief.
- He found the lack of response from the company ominously silent.
- A sudden, ominously silent chill filled the abandoned house.
- The normally bustling factory floor was ominously silent.
- The usually bustling street was ominously silent during the lockdown.
- The ominously silent phone suggested that no one was home.
- She felt uneasy when her usually talkative colleague was ominously silent.
- As the storm approached, the sea grew ominously silent.
- The factory, once alive with noise, was now ominously silent.
- The children's usual chatter was replaced by an ominously silent atmosphere.
- The approaching army moved with an ominously silent precision.
- The ominously silent crowd made him feel uneasy.
- The machine stopped, leaving an ominously silent void in its wake.
- The old house stood ominously silent against the darkening sky.