stillness

Example Sentences

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"Even in the coldest, darkest season, winter has a way of bringing us stillness, patience and quiet consideration," said Catherine.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

But he was sympathetic to the crowd’s inertia: “The stillness isn’t apathy,” Skybetter added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

His descriptions convey with equal force the stillness of the forest, the mute hostility of a marriage, the ardent impulses of youth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

It’s a different kind of shot, even in a film that uses silence and stillness more markedly than the first.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

Even Mrs. Jacobs had been shocked into stillness.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu