They are easy to control when stillness is required in the duck blind and have a good eye for marking and remembering where birds fall. From Wordnik.com. [Dogs for Ducks] Reference
They sat a good while in stillness after that, each thinking her own thoughts; or perhaps those of the elder lady took the form of prayers. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Helmet] Reference
Sitting in stillness is unbearable to me. From Wordnik.com. [The Alexander Technique Provides Short-Term Relief From Back Pain | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
His stillness was a denial, of all the boy was, of all he did. From Wordnik.com. [Ship Of Magic]
But her stillness was the outward sign of an inner concentration. From Wordnik.com. [The Emigrant Trail] Reference
The stillness is a marked contrast to the recent roar of the winds. From Wordnik.com. [Some Winter Days in Iowa] Reference
It has a kind of quietness to it, a stillness, that is, well, Zen-like. From Wordnik.com. [Teaching the Ape to Write] Reference
WHEN I came to, I was lying in darkness, and the stillness was absolute. From Wordnik.com. [The Window at the White Cat] Reference
There is a stillness, which is rather of the mind than of the bodily senses. From Wordnik.com. [A Miscellany of Men] Reference
All that remained audible amid the stillness was the peevish voices of women saying. From Wordnik.com. [Through Russia] Reference
The only sound which came out of the stillness was the occasional drip of water or the flap of a bat's wing. From Wordnik.com. [The Four Pools Mystery] Reference
"The stillness was a kind of rest, after the noise here; I think any one might be glad to get back to such a place ----". From Wordnik.com. [The Minister's Charge] Reference
But the Professor did not seem to be greatly astonished, and the sole sound which broke the stillness was his sardonic chuckle. From Wordnik.com. [The Green Mummy] Reference
His days are spent in contemplation, in a serene and wonderful stillness, which isolates him from the bustling vulgarities of the street. From Wordnik.com. [Americans and Others] Reference
He listened intently, but the only sound that broke the stillness was the click of a typewriter and the occasional shifting of some papers. From Wordnik.com. [The Rover Boys in New York Or, Saving their father's honor] Reference
There was a kind of stillness and a kind of disbelief. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2005] Reference
âSo the stillness is the whole set of possible universes?. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: September 2004 Archives] Reference
… there is a stillness, which is the stillness of the grave. From Wordnik.com. [Making Visible: The Diorama, the Double and the (Gothic) Subject] Reference
The suite had that kind of feeling about it, that stillness which is greater than silence. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates of Noon]
Alleyn had seen people sit with the particular kind of stillness that now invested Mr. Conducis. From Wordnik.com. [Killer Dolphin]
There was a kind of stillness in the air that had nothing to do with sadness and death and defeat. From Wordnik.com. [The Ninja]
In New York one is always struck by any kind of stillness or absence since there is so little of it. From Wordnik.com. [Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia] Reference
We wanted a kind of stillness as we get to the end to focus it straight on to the kid and the father. From Wordnik.com. [Director John Hillcoat Interview THE ROAD – Collider.com] Reference
That's true about the "stand still and look," but there's that "stillness" that's missing in the way the media does it. From Wordnik.com. [intertribal: YOUR MOTHER PASSED AWAY. FUNERAL TOMORROW. DEEP SYMPATHY.] Reference
There was absolute silence in the room; the kind of stillness that weighs on the ears until it becomes in itself painful. From Wordnik.com. [The Ninja]
It was odd, that kind of stillness, almost creepy; we'd been fired upon by snipers all through the day and every day for about a week. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Ninja]
To bleed in stillness here. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woman, With Other Poems] Reference
"I think it is the stillness which is so wonderful!" she exclaimed. From Wordnik.com. [We Two, a novel] Reference
This kind of stillness - this void of stimuli - usually unsettles me. From Wordnik.com. [LJWorld.com stories: News] Reference
It was a different kind of stillness from anything he could ever remember. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat] Reference
There was a kind of stillness in the place and hour, as they stood together, that made it seem they had never been alone before. From Wordnik.com. [Son of Power] Reference
Cinematical: Talking about this guy's sense of personal resolution, there's a kind of stillness in him that you play very effectively. From Wordnik.com. [Cinematical] Reference
The way all of it is there in stillness. From Wordnik.com. [norbert blei | basho’s road « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground] Reference
It was a stillness, more than any kind of noisy exaltation. From Wordnik.com. [The 'Apostle' Speaks] Reference
I cut off the engine and then shuddered, trying to fi t inside the sudden stillness. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Mosley’s Easy Rawlins] Reference
Still, it's a heart-wrenching film made all the more powerful by the stillness that infuses it. From Wordnik.com. [From Broadway To Boob Tube] Reference
After an especially hard bounce, the lights went out, and there was a sudden, terrible stillness. From Wordnik.com. ['A Sudden, Terrible Stillness'] Reference
What is also important is what the rest of us can wring from the more mundane moments of stillness. From Wordnik.com. [The Devil Loves Cell Phones] Reference
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