stilled

Example Sentences

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She and Justin held their daughter for a few precious moments as her heartbeat stilled, marveling at her perfect tiny fingers and toes and whispering private words of love.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Now his voice is permanently stilled, but his impact on the way we try to cover entertainment lives on.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2024

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

The boy was thirteen and had seen enough people slumped over a plow, or stilled after childbirth, and enough drowned children to know the difference between the quick and the dead.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison