The action is tense as piano wire, using long silence to its advantage. (moviemezzanine.com)
She wasn't sure how her voice would emerge after so long a silence. (redeeminggod.com)
If after long silence and stammering we genuinely say Thou to men who are unlike ourselves and whom we recognize in all their otherness, then we shall have addressed our eternal Thou anew. (religion-online.org)