quietude
the state of being quiet; tranquility; calmness; stillness: After the storm passed, there was a lovely quietude.
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How to use quietude in a sentence
Enough of something to cast a considerable spell of quietude even today.
Those seeking quietude — like we were — should stay away from the main drag.
On Virginia’s Chincoteague Island — all this and ponies, too | Nevin Martell | September 2, 2021 | Washington PostFrom our Protestant work ethic to our bootstraps mythology, we have enshrined work as the highest good — quietude is, if not a sin, an indulgence we do not quite deserve.
Everyone is tired. We need to give ourselves an actual break. | Christine Emba | April 22, 2021 | Washington PostWith no roads, no cars, and limited facilities, it is an ideal spot for a multi-day trip to revel in the quietude of an undeveloped park.
Isle Royale National Park Is as Wild as it Gets | Emily Pennington | March 10, 2021 | Outside OnlineAm I getting enough quietude to think and read and get the work done?
The shriek of the railroad train does not disturb its quietude, the nearest station being several miles away.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyThey are happy in silence, order, and quietude, and no place suits them better than the study of a literary man.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile GautierOh, restore to me my maiden quietude, in my nunnery of Subiaco—when the night was so calm in my cell.
Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander DumasCattle and kine were taken furtively or openly to these very hills and vales where Jim Lough now lived in quietude and peace.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyHe will never be an ecclesiastical show-man, for his disposition is in the direction of general quietude and good neighbourship.
Our Churches and Chapels | Atticus
British Dictionary definitions for quietude
/ (ˈkwaɪəˌtjuːd) /
the state or condition of being quiet, peaceful, calm, or tranquil
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