quietude
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At work, Fran’s quietude exists against the mundane chatter of her co-workers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2024
This state of subatomic quietude is critical to detect minute dark matter signatures.
From Salon • Jan. 26, 2024
A modernist sculptor acclaimed — perhaps mistakenly — for her work’s quietude, Asawa wove sublimely delicate hanging forms out of nested lobes of looped wire.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2023
If you seek quietude, this is the hike for you.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2023
The guns, the quietude, the serenity of those old geezers, and the idiotic TV program, the enthralled children without a care in the world—it had upset him, he couldn’t get his bearings straight.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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