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
• Leverage the quietude of dawn, often the most productive time of day, by adjusting your schedule to wake up early.
  — Bryce Welker, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024