He listened. Listened for a noise he hadn't heard. There was no rustle in the tall grasses in the field behind. There was no call of birds as they soared in a breath of wind high above. Not even the wind dared to breathe. The silence was unnerving. -- Sheona R. McCaig, Scrolls of Power (2003) It was while she was standing silently, her head tilted as she tried to understand what a silver birch was saying, that the unicorn came. -- Pamela Freeman, The Willow Tree's Daughter (1994) The unicorn was silent for a while. -- Geoffrey Grosshans, Likely Stories (2004) Then the sight of the unicorn forced them into a silence that was oddly reverent. -- Peter Beagle's Immortal Unicorn (1995) Across the clearing, the unicorn, silent, immobile, seemed to watch. -- Tanith Lee, Red Unicorn (1998) The Unicorn dared not make a sound. -- John Dent-Young (trans.), The Gathering Company (2001) The unicorn only looked at her without making a sound. -- Dellwyn Oseana, Xunitopia: The Search for Imagination (2005)