stillness
Example Sentences
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"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
So scientists anchor the world’s coordinates to far-off stillness: quasars, the luminous cores of galaxies billions of light-years away, observed nightly by radio telescopes across multiple continents and cross-checked with lasers bounced off satellites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Refn: How to provoke the soul is through stillness and silence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
It's a remarkable moment of stillness in a concert that's largely a colourful, career-spanning celebration.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
There seemed a strange stillness over everything; but as I listened I heard as if from down below in the valley the howling of many wolves.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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