illnesses
Example Sentences
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Another feature of Odissi is its sculptural stillnesses, sometimes maintained on one leg.
From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2017
As she showed, Kathak is characterized by dizzyingly intricate footwork and many turns, but its stillnesses were yet more beautiful.
From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2015
The overlapping scenes come thick and fast, the talking and acting sections often very funny while the dance sections – troubled solos, sloth-like crawls, pod-like stillnesses – are more reflective.
From The Guardian • Jun. 10, 2012
Most stillnesses, works of art, asking prices and responsibilities are "awesome."
From Time Magazine Archive
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And there are breathing stillnesses that throng Dim corners, and that only stir again When bells are dumb.
From Carolina Chansons Legends of the Low Country by Heyward, DuBose