stillness

Example Sentences

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Finally on the Olympic stage, Naumov felt nothing but stillness.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

"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

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

She carried him on her great back to the stretch of sandy ground where it was to take place: a place where land met water in beauty and stillness.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell