stilled

Example Sentences

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That promise of stilled beauty is borne out in these pages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Behind her is a painting in dark umber of a viola da gamba, a stilled music that suggests or confirms the love theme of the picture.

From New York Times • May 25, 2023

When the pressure is removed, it is instantly stilled by the junction of the flames.”

From Scientific American • May 1, 2023

The truth is that conflict on the river will never be stilled because there will always be more demand for the water than there is water.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2023

He had spoken to the Mountain of Gont, calming it, and had stilled the trembling precipices of the Overfell as one soothes a frightened beast.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin