stillness

Example Sentences

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But no voice calls, no birds sing; the stillness is untroubled by any living creature save one.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

There is a stillness upon entering the pavilion.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

And on Tuesdays, when Apam observes a long-standing spiritual tradition and no-one goes out to fish, the town falls into an unusual stillness, the Atlantic rolling quietly in the background.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

There had been no evil to mar that propitious night, because she had listened; there had been no voice of evil; no screech owl had quaveringly disturbed the stillness.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann