quietness

Example Sentences

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I felt this quietness, like everybody was like inside themselves, so I started to get nervous.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Unlike past Decembers, quietness has fallen over the park, as local and foreign tourists have "disappeared", said T-shirt vendor Run Kea.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

But as a keen reader, guitar player and nature lover, he values the quietness.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025

They stand and move into the amber light — their stillness and quietness, cousins of obedience and respect in the face of suffering.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2023

Its drama lay in its lack of drama, in its quietness, in the courtesies we felt impelled to extend to one another.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin