How to Use still in a Sentence

still

1 of 3 adjective
  • They had still and fizzy drinks.
  • The cat twitched slightly, and then was still.
  • Everyone had left, and the house was finally still.
  • In the still darkness of night, stars blanket the sky above the backyard.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Ahead of them, the race’s 55-mile course curled into the still pitch-black winter day.
    Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2023
  • Below the hill, beyond ranks of lemon and olive trees, the Gulf of Corinth lay ironed flat on a still day.
    Samanth Subramanian, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2023
  • But the still images might not have been photos, to begin with.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Robison pulled out of the current into a still section in front of the rock.
    Chloe Williams, The Atlantic, 20 June 2022
  • People once had to find a still body of water and stare into it to see themselves.
    Chandra Steele, PCMAG, 20 July 2023
  • He's shown in a still image from police bodycam footage, right, with his hands up.
    Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 5 Aug. 2023
  • In the still image, the man is wearing a navy blue hooded sweatshirt and a navy and red beanie cap and is eating a bag of Doritos.
    Andi Babineau, CNN, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The college has released a still image from the video, showing the back of a young woman with long, strawberry-blond hair in a braid.
    Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Dec. 2021
  • The still house was unfinished, lacking windows and doors.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Meta Video of a sea turtle, animated from a still image with Make-A-Video.
    Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 29 Sep. 2022
  • While the still images were shot using off-the-shelf wigs with the fronts removed and customized, the three wigs used the most throughout the film were custom-made to fit the dark-haired de Armas.
    Carita Rizzo, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2022
  • In the still images, a weapon capable of firing rifle rounds can be seen being stuck out of the window of the vehicle.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 1 June 2023
  • Police provided a still image of the suspect with his face covered.
    Celina Tebor, CNN, 29 Jan. 2023
  • The wood turned into crunchy splinters that fell to his feet, creating a puff of orange dust that briefly hung in the still air of the Cleveland National Forest.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2021
  • In the video above, an Anna's hummingbird hovers in the still air of an inactive wind tunnel and sips sucrose from a syringe.
    Sophie Bushwick, Discover Magazine, 28 Sep. 2012
  • From there, someone must have taken a still image from the video, Oaks said, because the company hasn't posted it anywhere else.
    Eleanor McCrary, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2021
  • When shown a still image from the video, Barker admitted to being the woman in the incident, according to the complaint.
    James Bikales, Washington Post, 20 June 2022
  • Doctors in the emergency room scrambled to assess the newcomers and discovered the still body of an infant boy.
    Adam Rasgon, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
  • On Tuesday, Fox News Digital obtained a still frame from the gas station surveillance video that shows a four-door white sedan drive by around 3:45 a.m. on the morning of the murders.
    Matt Finn, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2022
  • In every Instagram-like reel section, users can click on a share button to create a still image of that Replay 2022 part.
    José Adorno, BGR, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Kemp then wandered the hallways at the school with the bouquet, according to a still image from a security camera at the school that is included in the court filing.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Before mirrors, people saw themselves only in the still surface of water.
    Perdita Buchan, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Readers may recall my account of our yellow tabby, Peackoe, who often spent the wee hours posted like a still watchman at the open screen door in our bedroom.
    Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2023
  • Her ideas of war had come from art—from photographs of the devastated city of Warsaw, which appeared deserted in the still images; from books that described battle and carnage.
    Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2023
  • While sharing the video, police pointed out gold decals on the motorcyclist’s helmet, tattoos on the man’s right arm, and zoomed in on a still image of the motorcyclist, which partially shows his face.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • On Wednesday morning, Paltrow’s attorney Steve Owens raised an objection to a still photographer in the courtroom transmitting a photo of her.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 22 Mar. 2023
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still

2 of 3 adverb
  • Sit still. It'll just take a minute.
  • For now, the Cavorite X5 is still in the concept stage.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Jade still hadn't heard back from Roach and took Tom home.
    Tracy Smith, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • As of Tuesday afternoon, the goat is still on the loose.
    Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 18 July 2023
  • Fewer make the first team, and fewer still are bona fide stars.
    Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Those of us who watched the 2017 solar eclipse might even have a pair still stashed in the back of our sock drawer.
    Julia Daye, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
  • But there's billions of dollars that are still left to be spent.
    ABC News, 30 July 2023
  • Better still, the Beach House comes with a yacht transfer rather than the speed boat (with a four night stay).
    Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The Grammys might be over, but the parties are still going strong.
    Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Two cell phones which were sucked out of the plane were also found on the ground in the Portland area, one of which was still working.
    Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2024
  • On the call, Peters said line of business was still growing.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Thirty years from now, those kids who are in their teens right now still will be without a mom.
    Natalie Morales, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2024
  • In fact, some in the king’s fleet, including the king himself, are thought to be still trapped in a cavern on those lands.
    Jack Butler, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
  • The network is still built in Rupert’s monstrous image, and it is built to last.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Tickets to see the film in theaters are still available at Fandango.com and elsewhere.
    Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Until her final days, Rosalynn was still able to get around with the help of a walker.
    Kevin Sullivan, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
  • A lot of people, she was touched to see, were still passionate about that mission.
    Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The strap is flexible but still keeps your foot in place, and the bottom offers great traction.
    Jessica Booth, Parents, 5 Apr. 2024
  • It's been nearly 25 years since the couple tied the knot, and they're still smitten with one another.
    Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Davis still acts as Travis’ voice, helping assist him in daily life.
    Emily J. Shiffer, Peoplemag, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Aid workers on the ground say that thousands more people could still be trapped under the rubble.
    Alexander Smith, NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Coffee cakes tend to be modest, cozy affairs, but there’s still a lot that is special about them.
    Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023
  • For those who worked on the project, there’s still a feeling of regret for never completing the story.
    Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Meanwhile, the commission still isn’t able to do work because the group lacks enough have enough members to hold a meeting.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2023
  • There’s still that voice in my head that lingered from sport into just everyday life.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 27 Oct. 2023
  • But Evans said the cause of the dangerous conditions — the state’s lack of long-term treatment centers for youths — is still a problem.
    Detroit Free Press, 13 Mar. 2024
  • With the little stuff still on the loose, the Taurus isn't ready for games of coordination with an Audi 5000S.
    Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 2 July 2020
  • At this hour, there is still no clarity from the U.S. side on whether this is the big ground offensive that's been expected -- or just part of the buildup.
    Abc News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Despite the rise in prices, lackluster demand has meant prices for copper are still down over 4% this month.
    WSJ, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Visits at the Tuscon prison are still suspended in the aftermath of the stabbing.
    Esme Murphy, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2023
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still

3 of 3 noun
  • As the story comes to a close, the action freezes into a still.
    Giovanni René Rodriguez, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Others look more like stills from a video game or a lucid dream.
    WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
  • In the still of the pandemic, Monroe kept studying her craft.
    Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Police also shared a still of the car believed to be involved in the shooting.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2021
  • To their knowledge, this is the first time an aura has been picked up in a moving image rather than a still.
    Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The fact that the war in Ukraine has not ended and stills goes on has its implications beyond Ukraine.
    Liz Friden, Fox News, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The more than 2-mile street of offices and shops was photographed from the back of a moving pickup truck, then printed like stills from a movie.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
  • There’s a still of them covered in cake for reasons unbeknownst to us but that may be funny and/or cute in the context of the film.
    Vulture, 3 July 2023
  • The rats, who had drowned in a rainstorm, lay in artful counterpoint, as though posing for a still-life.
    Morgan Meis, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Turn on the recoil activation for the video and camera and capture unique stills and footage from your hunts.
    Amanda Oliver, Field & Stream, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Sam Bennett and Tkachuk gave the Panthers that necessary component for the game on a team that is stills too soft at the edges. 3.
    Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Since the release of the surveillance stills, Goudreau said, the community has reached out with more than 30 tips.
    Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
  • In a still from a DeepMind demo video, a researcher pushes a small humanoid robot to the ground.
    Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 1 May 2023
  • For Mother’s Day in 2020, Quincy reenacted some stills from the show in a silly post.
    Tamara Palmer, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
  • Photo stills of the assault showed two people kicking and punching the victim, who was lying on the ground.
    The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The mash is pushed through stills, a process that extracts vaporized alcohol from the residue, which can then be fed to livestock.
    Emily Bingham, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Fallon proceeded to show a few episode stills that emphasized the point.
    Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2023
  • People ask me to sign that one a lot, and actually there's a photo of it as well that someone's lifted from a still of the film.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 9 Feb. 2023
  • But there is one jacket that has been used in a lot of the publicity stills, made from an Osage blanket.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Even with some dark overcast skies, the CarCam held up with slightly dimmer but still usable videos and stills.
    Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2023
  • For both residents and visitors alike, most days end the same way: outdoors, in the still of the mountains, perhaps gazing up at the bright belt of the Milky Way.
    San Francisco Chronicle, 1 July 2021
  • These stills of Elphaba (Erivo) and Galinda (Grande) were not.
    Vulture, 16 Apr. 2023
  • New York in the '70s, widely acknowledged to be the birthplace of hip-hop takes on a life of its own as black-and-white stills of b-boys flash over Hall des Lumière's stone walls.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The man who practiced the art of media saturation was reduced to a handful of stills and a Grinch-y courtroom sketch.
    James Poniewozik, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Cooper, who is not Jewish, was first spotted with the nose when photo stills from the Netflix biopic were published last year.
    Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The rum was distilled in pot and column stills, and aged for 20 years in American whiskey barrels in Barbados.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 2 June 2023
  • Culkin starred in it alongside Murphy and Scrivener posted stills from the shoot on her Instagram.
    Kelsey Lentz, Peoplemag, 15 June 2023
  • The eager cosmopolitan ingénue of the film stills is visible only in the rearview mirror.
    Nancy Princenthal, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The pandemic also gave Eagle Park distiller Jordan Stielow time to fire up the still for spirits.
    Kathy Flanigan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 July 2020
  • As a photographer, Mustard makes great use of stills, images frozen in time that serve as reminders of who these people have been.
    Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2023

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