quietness
IPA: kwˈaɪʌtnʌs
noun
- Absence of sound; silence or hush.
- Absence of disturbance; calm, stillness or serenity.
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Examples of "quietness" in Sentences
- It is the best best place for developing talents in quietness and peace.
- In trust and quietness is the salvation of the pious from all foes and all their devices.
- "In returning and rest you shall be saved; and in quietness and hope shall be your strength."
- Your photographs exude a certain quietness, beauty and intensity which makes them outstanding in my opinion.
- At five or six he closes his desk, and leaves his office or counting-room, and betakes himself home; and it is to be hoped that then at least he enjoys his dinner in quietness and peace.
- And Mr.C. clasped me in his arms and called me his 'guardian angel;' and all I have to pay for this restoration of peace and quietness is giving a lesson three times a week, in syllables of two letters, to a small Irish boy!
- Meals, tea and other traditions (this family being from South-East Asia) form part of the glue which holds them all together - What a shame society and families at large have forgotten the importance of coming together (whether in quietness or celebration) to enjoy the simple things of life - no need for high-tech, imagination-killing technology or crude worldly intrusions vainly attempting to pass themselves off as "entertainment".
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