stilled
Example Sentences
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That promise of stilled beauty is borne out in these pages.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
My instructor and I were far from shore when the sea stilled.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025
When the pressure is removed, it is instantly stilled by the junction of the flames.”
From Scientific American • May 1, 2023
The river’s annual floods were stilled by the construction in 1970 of Egypt’s Aswan High Dam, upstream and to the south of Luxor, allowing more frequent planting.
From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2022
As he scrambled to his feet, he felt the room sway less and less until it finally stilled.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
