How to Use quietude in a Sentence

quietude

noun
  • The quietude is going to give them a lot of time with their thoughts.
    Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 13 Apr. 2022
  • And Owen Teague, as James, makes his owlish quietude felt.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 Mar. 2022
  • And still others have tried to harness the quietude and isolation of the moment.
    Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 23 May 2020
  • In the winter stillness on a frozen lake, a man’s gleeful howl torpedoed the quietude.
    Julia Daye, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The sparseness and quietude of the scene — both in the writing and the aural qualities — alludes to the fact that some things don’t need to be said but felt in a gaze or a pregnant pause.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2021
  • And lucky for anyone who can get to California, the massive state has hidden gems in spades, serene in their quietude most of the time.
    Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Díaz shoots and edits this process to put across a sense of quietude and patience, emphasizing process.
    Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2020
  • In language that almost allows the reader to hear the pit-a-pat of rain, we're drawn into a quietude and stillness that sets the stage for all that follows.
    Barbara Mahany, chicagotribune.com, 22 Aug. 2017
  • At work, Fran’s quietude exists against the mundane chatter of her co-workers.
    Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Few franchises are as deeply beloved and obsessed over as Star Wars, which forces its actors to adhere to a strict code of monk-like quietude.
    Yohana Desta, HWD, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Mendes made up for his social-media quietude with his music.
    Vulture, 14 Jan. 2022
  • But now try to imagine your child sitting through it with gentle quietude. Enter Anne Tournié.
    A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 11 Apr. 2022
  • None of the area’s quietude means giving up what everyone really comes up here for: the nature.
    Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Sep. 2021
  • But even in the context of previous Rolls-Royces, the electric Spectre represents a step change in quietude.
    Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 3 July 2023
  • The result is an oasis of quietude for fishing, paddling a canoe or kayak, or just relaxing on the beach at Cheoah Point.
    Deb Hopewell, Travel + Leisure, 3 Feb. 2023
  • In her paintings Sherald provides the social context for moments of Black joy and quietude.
    Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
  • But a common thread is the goal of blending quietude and community in a mobile lifestyle.
    Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Her artistic nature also led her to take up and perfect intricate beadwork in the quietude of the mountains.
    sun-sentinel.com, 11 Aug. 2019
  • Imai and his restaurant have a quietude, a humility and openness.
    Tom Downey, WSJ, 28 May 2018
  • That sense of vast quietude that opened out during the lockdown period created a space for dreaming in.
    Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Even as quiet quitters proclaim their quietude, how long will its power last?
    Beth Teitell, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Scientists brought each organism back to life after at least 1,000 years of frozen quietude.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 28 June 2021
  • Filippo Scotti, the actor who plays him, is handsome in a pale way, with curly hair and a presence that’s elegant in its quietude.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Residents have been marveling at the quietude ever since.
    Elizabeth Royte, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2022
  • What did surprise me was amount of ride comfort and quietude that accompanied that rough riding.
    Al Haas, Philly.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Astra Space, which has also gone by Stealth Space Company, may emerge from a period of quietude this year.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 15 Jan. 2020
  • The quietude shifts into full-throttle intensive care mode.
    Alison Medley, Chron, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Its quietude, the total lack of permanent residents, the temperatures that are the coldest on Earth.
    Kathleen Renda, House Beautiful, 16 Aug. 2018
  • Soon after completing the painting, the artist embarked on his most famous subjects and motifs: young women (and the occasional man) lost in thought in the quietude of rooms cast with mid-day light.
    CNN, 8 Sep. 2021
  • These remote sites typically do not have amenities like bathrooms and picnic tables but make up for it in quietude.
    New York Times, 12 Mar. 2021

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