noiselessness

Another feeling people tend to associate with such elevators is that of holding their breath every time one of them lurches upward — not with the isolation-tank noiselessness of a modern elevator but with little vibrations, along with minor bounces at departure and arrival, that make it hard not to think about the mechanics of the whole operation.

Further, he said the noiselessness might benefit the pups as they navigate Sunday and its pressures without so many pressures coming through the ear canals.

Playing in the noiselessness of a Hollywood sound studio, where a cacophony of chirping birds would drown out the sound of crisply struck iron shots, Woods frequently searched the empty hillsides next to fairways as if longing for the galleries he normally attracts.

But on Thursday at the Travelers Championship — the third fan-free event in the tour’s comeback — the noiselessness was an eerie contrast to a growing chatter about how much longer professional golf’s traveling circus would keep hopscotching around the country.

By the time the Saturday post time came, the oldest of the Triple Crown races had set its own record for noiselessness.