stillness
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With his lanky frame, unruly hair and sad, deep-set eyes, Turturro, 69, often inhabits twitchy, tightly wound characters, though he can also recede into stillness, conveying buried hurt and pain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
“There was a stillness, a deafening silence. It was the sensation of being a kid in a room where there’s only one light source and you can see the floating particles in the air.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
"It's about reminding us that we're harvesting some things, but we need to wait. We need to wait in stillness."
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
There won't be much stillness in this place for a while yet.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
In the overwhelming stillness, between our echoless footsteps, the pulse sang thin and fast in my ears.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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