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A dim deserted room, its furniture Withdrawn; gray, stirless cobwebs from the roof Hanging; and its deep windows letting in The pale, sad dawn—than darkness drearier far.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 by Various
The boat was now three lengths away; twenty—fifty; out on the bosom of the stirless water.
From Willing to Die by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
It was in the heat of sultry afternoon, the air stirless, the water in the channel warm and rank-smelling.
From Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea by Tom Bevan
The July night was warm, and the air was stirless.
From How Women Love (Soul Analysis) by Max Simon Nordau
Without, the air had that yellow stirless calm peculiar to Newport, which gives to the sea and landscape the effect of those French pictures glassed in tinted crystal.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 by Various
