stillness

Example Sentences

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Coming after an eventful week—and a tough one for stocks, with the S&P 500 sliding 1.6%—the stillness was a welcome change of pace.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

Finally on the Olympic stage, Naumov felt nothing but stillness.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

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

Tess moves with a troop of kooky outer-borough women, leaving the musical with precious few intimate moments of thoughtful stillness.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

I step forward, my clumsy feet scuffing the floor, echoing across the stillness.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson