dead air
Example Sentences
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Among the empty conversations, dead air and—worse—the tin-eared musical cues, there is drama.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
It seeks to deliver a brisk 30-minute recap of the day’s headlines without any halting clauses, dropped prepositions, or dead air.
From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2026
In November 1966, New York’s WPIX-TV had a 90-minute block of dead air that the studio’s president, Fred Thrower, decided to fill with footage of a roaring fire, calling it a Christmas card.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025
"Even when there's a few moments of dead air here, people think, 'What's wrong?" laughs Ms Hagen.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2025
The dead air on the line was so eerie.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
