Meaning of dead silence | Babel Free
Equivalents
Deutsch
Totenstille
Svenska
dödstystnad
Examples
“A narrow and deserted street in deep shadow, high houses, innumerable windows with Venetian blinds, a dead silence, grass sprouting between the stones, imposing carriage archways right and left, immense double⟳ doors standing ponderously ajar.”
“The unsufficiency and uncandidness of his answer⟳ became painfully apparent in the dead silence of the room.”
“At seven minutes past four, while a Bach sonata was purling under the din of the crowd, the President's reaching hand was struck aside, and a man lurched forward⟳. Two shots cracked sharply. There was a moment of dead silence.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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