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quietude

[kwahy-i-tood, -tyood] / ˈkwaɪ ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /


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Without the devices, there’s a sublime and supreme sense of quietude.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2024

There’s a rich quietude at work in “The Shadowless Tower,” which makes one realize how that virtue varies from filmmaker to filmmaker.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 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

It was a period of quietude, a kind of spiritual preparation for the trials of manhood that lay ahead.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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