silence

But there's a moment just before the curtain rises, when the stage is still, the lights dim, and there's a silence that crackles with a mixture of tension and anticipation.

I think I sat in a long silence.

There's an eerie silence in areas that once bustled with tourist activity.

And while his fans call him a “strong leader,” it is actually the mark of a coward, bully and weakling to silence those voices critical of his actions.

Pain, fear, panic attacks, humiliation, withholding information, harassment of my team to silence me... and this isn't even the full list of what I've had to endure.