Stillness in example sentence

The Knight turned towards the throne, and, sinking his lance, until the point was within a foot of the ground, remained motionless, as if expecting John's commands; while all admired the sudden dexterity with which he instantly reduced his fiery steed from a state of violent emotion and high excitation to the stillness of an equestrian statue.

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So astronomers in the far future looking out into deep space will see nothing but an endless stretch of static, inky, black stillness.

And I began to think that really, movement was only as good as the sense of stillness that you could bring to it to put it into perspective.

And I began to think that something in me had really been crying out for stillness, but of course I couldn't hear it because I was running around so much.

The heart fights among the swamps, skirts the edge of the underworld, falls exhausted, but won't give in to what's easy, while irregular steps of intoxication wake up, wake the stillness.

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