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

An in-the-know friend in London told me that the day after the video was released, the rumor mills were stilled.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2024

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

From Scientific American • May 1, 2023

The river’s annual floods were stilled by the construction in 1970 of Egypt’s Aswan High Dam, upstream and to the south of Luxor, allowing more frequent planting.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2022

When I tried to tell him of my adventures and misadventures, he responded with a casual indifference which stilled the tale on my lips.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou