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
For, never since thy griefs and woes began, Hast thou felt so content: a grievous feud550 Hath let thee to this Cave of Quietude.
From Endymion A Poetic Romance by Keats, John
Quietude came at last to that camp beside the lake, in the far, hidden heart of Back There.
From The Sky Line of Spruce by Marshall, Edison
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
Quietude was torture, rest a sin, for this daring temperament.
From Great Italian and French Composers by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)
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