stillness
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"Even in the coldest, darkest season, winter has a way of bringing us stillness, patience and quiet consideration," said Catherine.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026
Claude, a rare albino alligator whose ghostly white scales and statue-like stillness earned him a cult-like following around the world, died Tuesday, according to the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025
His descriptions convey with equal force the stillness of the forest, the mute hostility of a marriage, the ardent impulses of youth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 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
The stillness was broken by Van Helsing’s voice speaking in a low level tone which would not break the current of her thoughts:—
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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