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Meanings of quietude in English

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quietude
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quietud
Spanish
silencio

A state of peace and quiet.

        quietude
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        Examples for "tranquillity"
        Examples for "tranquillity"
        1
        The world is for excitement; Christ alone has the secret of tranquillity.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chapters I to XIV
        2
        The rest of the life of Dunstan was passed in comparatively tranquillity.
        Lives of the Necromancers
        3
        The Emperor of Germany is now reposing in the bosom of tranquillity.
        The Empire of Russia: From the Remotest Periods to the Present T...
        4
        The work in Parliament began under the new auspices with great tranquillity.
        The Prime Minister
        5
        The hotel's main selling points are its spectacular location, tranquillity and luxury.
        News.com.au
        1
        But the unusual quietness of the democrats was the most dangerous sign.
        The Life of Abraham Lincoln
        2
        The shock I have suffered has left a strange quietness in me.
        No Name
        3
        At last I went below, and the night passed away in quietness.
        Will Weatherhelm: The Yarn of an Old Sailor
        4
        The quietness with which Alice accepted his revelation encouraged him in self-defence.
        Demos
        5
        The quietness of the morning may give place to excitement before night.
        Under Sealed Orders
        1
        Within three days a general tranquility and satisfaction reigned in the household.
        The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
        2
        Luce began to wonder whether Francesca was responsible for the overriding tranquility.
        Torment
        3
        In the East, peace and tranquility; in the West, aggression and lust.
        Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world: a novel
        4
        Even the serene tranquility of the lustrous air preyed on my spirits.
        The Coming Race
        5
        Nothing could exceed her tranquility and resignation at the approach of death.
        Brave Men and Women: Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs
        Usage of quietude in English
        1
        To a man in my situation absolute quietude is next to impossible.
        In a glass darkly
        2
        There followed a period of absolute silence and quietude in the room.
        From out the Vasty Deep
        3
        Only extremes met in it-thehopelessness had turned through quietude into comfort.
        Robert Falconer
        4
        He welcomed the quietude, not having to speak or listen to anyone.
        Honor thy father
        5
        The quietude of the Sabbath was now changed to bustle and excitement.
        The Pilots of Pomona: A Story of the Orkney Islands
        6
        The shock jarred his boiling brain into the perfect quietude of insensibility.
        A Set of Six
        7
        The previous quietude of the trenches now gave place to more activity.
        The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Inf...
        8
        The very quietude and fixity of their being perplexed and estranged me.
        The Blue Flower
        9
        There was a quietude over it that seemed the peace of death.
        Trail's End
        10
        The very persistent quietude of the man ended by making its impression.
        The Sign at Six
        11
        We can hardly realise, now, the blissful quietude of the pre-telephone epoch.
        Alone
        12
        Along the Assam frontier a few troops sufficed to preserve tolerable quietude.
        The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
        13
        He had pleaded for quietude during the unquiet days that were coming.
        The Bastonnais / Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775...
        14
        With iron energy she summoned all her strength and quietude and wisdom.
        The Indian Lily and Other Stories
        15
        The quietude of the evening's close jarred on my turbulence of spirit.
        The Black Wolf's Breed / A Story of France in the Old World and ...
        16
        Sunday with its enforced quietude and inactivity was a burden to him.
        Catharine Furze
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