long silence

collocation in English

meaningsoflongandsilence

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long
adjective
uk
/lɒŋ/us
/lɑːŋ/
continuing for a large amount ...
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silence
noun
uk
/ˈsaɪ.ləns/us
/ˈsaɪ.ləns/
a period without any sound; ...
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(Definition oflongandsilencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflong silence

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Should you wait until there is alongsilencebefore contributing to a discussion, or can you break into the middle of someone's sentence?
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He was about to embark on alongsilencewhich was only partly attributable to the disruptions of war.
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A subtle splashing of water in a cup, followed by alongsilence, concluded the piece.
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There was alongsilencebetween them.
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There would be no response, only alongsilence.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
However, thislongsilencehas not made me lose sight of the need for brevity and non-controversiality on this occasion.
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It is almost a red letter day that now, afterlongsilenceon behalf of his party, he is coming here to speak.
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There was alongsilencebecause my understanding is that there was just one lift in this new theatre.
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First, we had alongsilence.
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Why has there been thislongsilence?
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There was alongsilenceuntil one of the secretaries to a district council stood up and said that he was a secretary to such a district council.
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His aunt and cousins are perplexed and annoyed both by hislongsilenceand by the presumptuous sudden return.
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At the end of the song, there is alongsilenceblock from 1:14 to 6:10.
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There was alongsilenceever since, with the clear policy of the government, that no state money would be spent on a space venture.
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At the end of the song, alongsilencefollows from 2:50 to 9:56.
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Then alongsilencetook place.
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Diabelli's mild opening turn is turned into the powerful chords, and his repeated chords become alongsilence.
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The love is returned, and the young man seems to yearn for the sonnets, as seen in sonnets 100-103 where the narrator apologizes for thelongsilence.
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Vic's face twitches and there is alongsilence.
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