secretness

Example Sentences

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He contributed to the quiet he wished for by offering no violence, no contention, and to do this he had to retire into secretness, since there is some violence in everyone.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

The woman became more anxious to know; the secretness of the thing, and the silence of the youth, did but inflame her curiosity.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various

Straightway they went into the forest in all quiet and secretness, and surrounded the whole wood, for they had folk in plenty, who bore axes and staves, and some their naked swords.

From Tales from the Old French by Various

I marvel greatly thou dost me so atwite      Of the doubt, that thou hast of my secretness:      As secret as thyself I shall be doubtless.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Hazlitt, William Carew

The face of the god shone through the face of the old man, and filled with awe, it was so full of secretness.

From AE in the Irish Theosophist by Russell, George William