stillness

[ stil-nis ]

/ ˈstɪl nɪs /

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noun

silence; quiet; hush.

the absence of motion.

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Origin of stillness

before 1000; Middle English stilnesse,Old English stilnes.See still¹, -ness

Words nearby stillness

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How to use stillness in a sentence

He eased into his favorite recliner, pistol in hand, and sat for a long moment in the stillness of the empty house.
In the shadow of the towers: Five lives and a world transformed|Joby Warrick, Souad Mekhennet|September 2, 2021|Washington Post
Years later, Karel Čapek was contemplating the purpose of stillness — “to be like a stone, but without weight” — while Bertrand Russell in 1935 predicted the looming dangers of workaholism, a term coined 36 years later.
The Joy Of Idle Living|Sohini Das Gupta|August 29, 2021|Ozy
There was a peace and a stillness to the place that quieted my mind and steadied me for the next day’s adventures.
Why Olympic National Park Feels Like Heaven|mturner|August 13, 2021|Outside Online
We trudged up and down a series of hundred-foot dunes, keeping an eye out for animal footprints and admiring the utter stillness.
Sit Slack-Jawed Under the Northern Lights at Kobuk Valley National Park|mturner|July 29, 2021|Outside Online

The scenery is very impressive, but the stillness and the quiet — that is what stayed with me.
Tips for visiting U.S. national parks from someone who visited them all|Andrea Sachs|December 17, 2020|Washington Post
They gather and sleep in open fields, surrounded by nature and the stillness of the night.
London’s Pagan Counterculture Kings|Justin Jones|October 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The soft sounds of retching filtered back into the black stillness.
Spirit Tripping With Colombian Shamans|Chris Allbritton|August 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the stillness, a movement at the end of her bed commands her attention.
Knocking on Heaven's Door: True Stories of Unexplained, Uncanny Experiences at the Hour of Death|Patricia Pearson|August 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But in his stillness he has become the god he always wanted to be.
The Stacks: The True Greatness of Muhammad Ali|Peter Richmond|February 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There is a stillness in the early hours that feels to me the clearest, healthiest drug humanly available.
Allan Gurganus: How I Write|Noah Charney|October 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In the most perfect stillness, we arrived within two hundred paces of the enemy's camp.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The wind dropped just at that moment and the doctor's words rang sharply through the stillness.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood
At length, a low cry of pain broke the stillness that prevailed, and uttering it, the boy awoke.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3)|Charles Dickens
She had no idea of the time, but because of the stillness of the surrounding streets she knew that it must be very late.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
They had no power of attention even to a story, and the stillness was irksome to such wild colts.
The Daisy Chain|Charlotte Yonge

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