Examples of using "молчали" in a sentence and their english translations:
Just quiet.
All were silent.
We were silent.
They were both silent for a long time.
All of us were silent.
They were both silent for a while.
Tom and Mary kept silent.
When Tom spoke, they all remained silent.
When he finished speaking, everyone was silent.
I didn't say a word during the dinner. We kept quiet for almost an hour.
It turns out that you knew everything but kept quiet.
Why were you silent all the time?