stillness
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Brands never lets his subject tarry long enough to freeze into marmoreal stillness.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
But no voice calls, no birds sing; the stillness is untroubled by any living creature save one.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
There is a stillness upon entering the pavilion.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
And on Tuesdays, when Apam observes a long-standing spiritual tradition and no-one goes out to fish, the town falls into an unusual stillness, the Atlantic rolling quietly in the background.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
When the Eloko returns to stillness, the entrance is nowhere to be found.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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