stillness
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"It's a kind of a stillness, or a stare - a sit stare, or just a freeze stare."
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 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
Refn: How to provoke the soul is through stillness and silence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The wind and the sky had finally quieted, and it was not the tense, anticipating stillness of winter, the pause of the tortoise taking a breath before a thunderous howl.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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