Pin-dropping

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    extremely quiet; silent.
  2. 2
    so quiet one could hear a pin drop

    "After she said "Silence," a pin-dropping silence flew through the room."

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"After she said "Silence," a pin-dropping silence flew through the room."

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