BTW this is not my description of silence I just wrote a story on this topic/word.
The queer silence was sudden.
The suspicion lingered in the air as he walked past the naive inmates. The presence was evidence he had committed a terrible crime.
In a sullen, vile way, he drifted down the long, cool corridor.
A large warden conspicuously stood in the middle of the hall. The thoughts of the inmate...