quietude

Example Sentences

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There’s a rich quietude at work in “The Shadowless Tower,” which makes one realize how that virtue varies from filmmaker to filmmaker.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 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

I could imagine her tramping through the rooms, perhaps paying sixpence for admission, ripping the quietude with her sharp, staccato laugh.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier