break silence

When they did at length break silence, it was in short interjectional remarks, as they resumed the oars.

Brodrick's idea evidently was that the novelist would break silence only under cover of the night.

Less pressing motives would never have been sufficient to make me break silence.

If he does break silence it will probably be in terms of the religious cult that has given him nurture.

The chance allusion of my man Mike flashed upon me at the moment, and I dared not trust myself to break silence.