stillness

Example Sentences

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Coming after an eventful week—and a tough one for stocks, with the S&P 500 sliding 1.6%—the stillness was a welcome change of pace.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

But he was sympathetic to the crowd’s inertia: “The stillness isn’t apathy,” Skybetter added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

It’s a different kind of shot, even in a film that uses silence and stillness more markedly than the first.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

We just lay there, spooned together, holding on as if stillness could save us.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

She carried him on her great back to the stretch of sandy ground where it was to take place: a place where land met water in beauty and stillness.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell