Stillness

(noun.) calmness without winds.

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• I could understand the stillness in the house and the thoughtfulness it expressed on the part of all those who had always been so good to me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Yet it was quite certain, from the absolute stillness, that we were in the country. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• As the smoke cleared, leaving an awful stillness, it passed out on the air, like the soul of the furious woman whose body lay lifeless on the ground. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Ghostly deep as is the stillness of this convent, it is only eleven. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• At last the woods rose; the rookery clustered dark; a loud cawing broke the morning stillness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• There were intervals in which she could sit perfectly still, enjoying the outer stillness and the subdued light. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Everybody was hushed into a profound stillness as the individual addressed, replied-- 'Sir! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Behind November came deep winter--clearness, stillness, frost accompanying. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The air was warm with a vaporous warmth, and the stillness was unbroken. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• They were soft, blind kisses, perfect in their stillness. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Such was the stillness of the evening to Eugene Wrayburn, as he walked by the river with his hands behind him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He lingered on in perfect stillness till he began to fancy that the midnight hour must have struck. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• From within the city neither shout nor cry, nor aught except the casual howling of a dog, broke the noon-day stillness. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• When they were silent again, nothing stirred in the stillness but the bubble and the crackle of the flames. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Perfect stillness ensued--not a rustle--not a breath--Guilty. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.

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