stillness
Example Sentences
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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
But he was sympathetic to the crowd’s inertia: “The stillness isn’t apathy,” Skybetter added.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025
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
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
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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