could hear a pin drop

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"Usually in the changing rooms, there's a bit of craic and banter. You could hear a pin drop, everybody's on their phones, just looking."

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

"Despite being a usually busy pub, aside from the coverage - you could hear a pin drop," Tait wrote.

From Reuters • Sep. 19, 2022

When she’d finished, you could hear a pin drop in the room.

From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2022

In the Pentagon operations center just outside Washington at the same time, you could hear a pin drop as the last C-17 took off.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2021

You could hear a pin drop in the City Circle now.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins