quietude
Example Sentences
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Quietude doesn’t exactly come naturally, nor would most around Hanks want it to.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2019
Quietude, a curious sort of emptiness, seemed to descend upon them during those first days in the villa.
From The Way of Ambition by Soper, J. H. Gardner
Quietude was torture, rest a sin, for this daring temperament.
From Great Italian and French Composers by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)
Quietude of custody, rather, befitting their station in that house, the vigilant watch of shepherds and of angels about a crib in Bethlehem of Juda long ago.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
Quietude fell from the loft ceiling; the quietude of a middle-class household gathered in concord around their fireside.
From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Zola, Émile
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