quietness

Example Sentences

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Unlike past Decembers, quietness has fallen over the park, as local and foreign tourists have "disappeared", said T-shirt vendor Run Kea.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

He started with open mic nights at nearby Florida State “so if I bombed, I could come back to the quaint quietness of my own campus.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2024

They stand and move into the amber light — their stillness and quietness, cousins of obedience and respect in the face of suffering.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2023

May he be ever subject to you in fear, and fight for you in quietness; may he be protected by your shield, and remain ever victorious without warfare.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2023

My father was silent, not the normal type of quietness that I expected from him, but a dark, smoky, angry silence that I had never seen before.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata