stillness

The stillness of the wood quieted him finally, as it had always done, and he remembered his old friends the Greelys.

The stillness and universal silence began at last to make the boys uneasy.

But no sooner was there stillness than it began again—tick, tick, tick.

Here at last was a place set apart, a moment of stillness when he might think things out by himself.

The sinks on the landings smelled more offensive than ever in the midst of the darkness and stillness.

And it, too, adds to the impression of stillness, as the untenanted handiwork of man always does.

By the time he had finished, it was past noon, and he wondered at the stillness of the house.

I deny not that the darkness or stillness of night may have had some influence during this inspiration.

In the stillness that followed she moved away to the fire and stood before it.

In the stillness beyond the window the nocturnal noise of the city heaved wearily, and cold air blew on their faces and shoulders.