quietude

Example Sentences

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It was Tuesday afternoon, just a few hours before polls were to begin closing on the East Coast, and Kamala Harris’ L.A. neighborhood was a picture of midday quietude.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2024

This state of subatomic quietude is critical to detect minute dark matter signatures.

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2024

A modernist sculptor acclaimed — perhaps mistakenly — for her work’s quietude, Asawa wove sublimely delicate hanging forms out of nested lobes of looped wire.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2023

If you seek quietude, this is the hike for you.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2023

The guns, the quietude, the serenity of those old geezers, and the idiotic TV program, the enthralled children without a care in the world—it had upset him, he couldn’t get his bearings straight.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols