stillness
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Brands never lets his subject tarry long enough to freeze into marmoreal stillness.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Her hysterical grin sets your teeth on edge; she alternates between swiftness and stillness in her uncanny movements.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Zimmer, a New York City comedian, is tasked with a heavy, grief-laden dramatic role, and she’s utterly convincing, entrancing in her stillness.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
At the second hospital, a surgeon walked in, took one look at me and stopped—with that stillness that comes before hard news.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Pet jerked into stillness, then slowly rotated its head toward her.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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