quietness

Example Sentences

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Unlike past Decembers, quietness has fallen over the park, as local and foreign tourists have "disappeared", said T-shirt vendor Run Kea.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

Hopkins told Demme, “the quietness is the most terrifying part — it goes back to childhood, going to a room, turning on a light, there’s a big spider on the wall, quiet, waiting.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025

But as a keen reader, guitar player and nature lover, he values the quietness.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025

They stand and move into the amber light — their stillness and quietness, cousins of obedience and respect in the face of suffering.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2023

The mountains are dead stone, the people Admire or hate their stature, their insolent quietness, The mountains are not softened or troubled And a few dead men’s thoughts have the same temper.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer