Thesaurus / quietude
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Those seeking quietude — like we were — should stay away from the main drag.
ON VIRGINIA’S CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND — ALL THIS AND PONIES, TOONEVIN MARTELLSEPTEMBER 2, 2021WASHINGTON POSTFrom our Protestant work ethic to our bootstraps mythology, we have enshrined work as the highest good — quietude is, if not a sin, an indulgence we do not quite deserve.
EVERYONE IS TIRED. WE NEED TO GIVE OURSELVES AN ACTUAL BREAK.CHRISTINE EMBAAPRIL 22, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWith no roads, no cars, and limited facilities, it is an ideal spot for a multi-day trip to revel in the quietude of an undeveloped park.
ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK IS AS WILD AS IT GETSEMILY PENNINGTONMARCH 10, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEThe shriek of the railroad train does not disturb its quietude, the nearest station being several miles away.
BRITISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS FROM A MOTOR CARTHOMAS D. MURPHYThey are happy in silence, order, and quietude, and no place suits them better than the study of a literary man.
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE, HIS LIFETHOPHILE GAUTIEROh, restore to me my maiden quietude, in my nunnery of Subiaco—when the night was so calm in my cell.
BALSAMO, THE MAGICIANALEXANDER DUMASCattle and kine were taken furtively or openly to these very hills and vales where Jim Lough now lived in quietude and peace.
DAVID LANNARCK, MIDGETGEORGE S. HARNEYHe will never be an ecclesiastical show-man, for his disposition is in the direction of general quietude and good neighbourship.
OUR CHURCHES AND CHAPELSATTICUSGradually the relaxing steam-radiators began to grunt and grumble into a chill quietude.
MOLLY MAKE-BELIEVEELEANOR HALLOWELL ABBOTTThey had hardly come in sight of it when it was seen to break from quietude into extraordinary bustle.
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MENDCHARLES READEWORDS RELATED TO QUIETUDE
- blackout
- calm
- censorship
- dead air
- death
- dumbness
- hush
- hush-hush
- inarticulateness
- iron curtain
- laconism
- lull
- muteness
- noiselessness
- peace
- quiescence
- quiet
- quietness
- quietude
- quietus
- reserve
- reticence
- saturninity
- secrecy
- sleep
- speechlessness
- still
- stillness
- sulk
- sullenness
- taciturnity
- uncommunicativeness
- blackout
- calm
- censorship
- dead air
- death
- dumbness
- hush
- hush-hush
- inarticulateness
- iron curtain
- laconism
- lull
- muteness
- noiselessness
- peace
- quiescence
- quiet
- quietness
- quietude
- quietus
- reserve
- reticence
- saturninity
- secrecy
- sleep
- speechlessness
- still
- stillness
- sulk
- sullenness
- taciturnity
- uncommunicativeness
- blackout
- calm
- censorship
- dead air
- death
- dumbness
- hush
- hush-hush
- inarticulateness
- iron curtain
- laconism
- lull
- muteness
- noiselessness
- peace
- quiescence
- quiet
- quietness
- quietude
- quietus
- reserve
- reticence
- saturninity
- secrecy
- sleep
- still
- stillness
- sulk
- sullenness
- taciturnity
- uncommunicativeness
- wordlessness
- affluence
- ataraxia
- bed of roses
- calm
- calmness
- casualness
- comfort
- content
- contentment
- easiness
- enjoyment
- gratification
- happiness
- idleness
- inactivity
- inertia
- inertness
- informality
- leisure
- luxury
- naturalness
- passivity
- peace of mind
- poise
- prosperity
- quietness
- quietude
- relaxation
- repose
- requiescence
- rest
- restfulness
- satisfaction
- security
- serenity
- spontaneity
- supinity
- tranquility
- unrestraint
- affluence
- ataraxia
- bed of roses
- calm
- calmness
- casualness
- comfort
- content
- contentment
- easiness
- enjoyment
- gratification
- happiness
- idleness
- inactivity
- inertia
- inertness
- informality
- leisure
- luxury
- naturalness
- passivity
- peace of mind
- poise
- prosperity
- quietness
- quietude
- relaxation
- repose
- requiescence
- rest
- restfulness
- satisfaction
- security
- serenity
- spontaneity
- supinity
- tranquility
- unceremoniousness
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