| Subject | Russian | English |
| amer. | в комнате наступила тишина | the room fell silent (Val_Ships) |
| gen. | наступила полная тишина | silence fell |
| gen. | наступила тишина | silence applause, death, etc. followed (и т.д.) |
| gen. | наступила тишина | it became very quiet (It suddenly became very quiet and both looked up at the same time, and the hairs on the back of their necks stood up... -- Внезапно наступила тишина  mysteriousuniverse.org ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | наступила тишина | fell silent (The forest fell eerily silent, and the two men experienced a feeling of calm mixed with apathy, he explained. Within the span of an hour the craft had positioned itself directly overhead and, despite the remarkable display before them, Lovelace and Tobias felt compelled to go to sleep. – В лесу наступила странная тишина coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| lit. | Но Стрэдлейтер всё уговаривал её, голос у него был, как у президента Линкольна, ужасно честный, искренний, и вдруг наступила жуткая тишина. | But old Stradlater kept snowing her in this Abraham Lincoln, sincere voice, and finally there'd be this terrific silence in the back of the car. (J. Salinger, Пер. Р. Райт-Ковалёвой) |
