stillness

Example Sentences

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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

But even here, the stillness is partial at best.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Zimmer, a New York City comedian, is tasked with a heavy, grief-laden dramatic role, and she’s utterly convincing, entrancing in her stillness.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

There had been no evil to mar that propitious night, because she had listened; there had been no voice of evil; no screech owl had quaveringly disturbed the stillness.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann