Thesaurus / stillness
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He eased into his favorite recliner, pistol in hand, and sat for a long moment in the stillness of the empty house.
IN THE SHADOW OF THE TOWERS: FIVE LIVES AND A WORLD TRANSFORMEDJOBY WARRICK, SOUAD MEKHENNETSEPTEMBER 2, 2021WASHINGTON POSTYears later, Karel Čapek was contemplating the purpose of stillness — “to be like a stone, but without weight” — while Bertrand Russell in 1935 predicted the looming dangers of workaholism, a term coined 36 years later.
THE JOY OF IDLE LIVINGSOHINI DAS GUPTAAUGUST 29, 2021OZYThere was a peace and a stillness to the place that quieted my mind and steadied me for the next day’s adventures.
WHY OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK FEELS LIKE HEAVENMTURNERAUGUST 13, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEWe trudged up and down a series of hundred-foot dunes, keeping an eye out for animal footprints and admiring the utter stillness.
SIT SLACK-JAWED UNDER THE NORTHERN LIGHTS AT KOBUK VALLEY NATIONAL PARKMTURNERJULY 29, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEThe scenery is very impressive, but the stillness and the quiet — that is what stayed with me.
TIPS FOR VISITING U.S. NATIONAL PARKS FROM SOMEONE WHO VISITED THEM ALLANDREA SACHSDECEMBER 17, 2020WASHINGTON POSTFour times each week, local meditation teachers offer 30 minutes of stillness and peace.
THE BEST THINGS TO DO — VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON — WHILE SOCIAL DISTANCING IN THE D.C. AREAFRITZ HAHN, HAU CHUNOVEMBER 12, 2020WASHINGTON POSTIn the most perfect stillness, we arrived within two hundred paces of the enemy's camp.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSThe wind dropped just at that moment and the doctor's words rang sharply through the stillness.
THREE MORE JOHN SILENCE STORIESALGERNON BLACKWOODAt length, a low cry of pain broke the stillness that prevailed, and uttering it, the boy awoke.
OLIVER TWIST, VOL. II (OF 3)CHARLES DICKENSShe had no idea of the time, but because of the stillness of the surrounding streets she knew that it must be very late.
DOPESAX ROHMERWORDS RELATED TO STILLNESS
- break
- breather
- breathing space
- calm
- calmness
- cessation
- coffee break
- comfort
- composure
- cutoff
- downtime
- doze
- dreaminess
- ease
- forty winks
- halt
- holiday
- hush
- idleness
- interlude
- intermission
- interval
- leisure
- letup
- lull
- motionlessness
- nap
- pause
- peace
- quiescence
- quiet
- quietude
- recess
- recreation
- refreshment
- relaxation
- relief
- repose
- respite
- siesta
- silence
- sleep
- slumber
- somnolence
- standstill
- stay
- stillness
- stop
- time off
- tranquillity
- vacation
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