stillness

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 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

The experience of doing nothing crept up on me this summer, surrounded by the stillness and quiet of our family cabin in southwestern Virginia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

The scandals surrounding the King's brother Andrew have been like a howling gale in recent weeks, but this was a moment of quiet and stillness.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

When I turned back to my work, with trembling, ink-stained hands, the scratch of my pen on the paper rasped loud in the stillness.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt