stillness
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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
Here the road becomes a boundary between different ways of moving through — and loving — the same landscape: speed and stillness, noise and silence, crowds and solitude.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
"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
No more bouncing, just stillness, settling his gut.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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