Get to know Stilled better with 9 real example sentences, the meaning.
Stilled in a sentence
Related words
Stilled meaning
- brought to a standstill
- quieted
Using Stilled
- The main meaning on this page is: brought to a standstill | quieted
- In the example corpus, stilled often appears in combinations such as: stilled the, has stilled.
Context around Stilled
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stilled
- In this selection, "stilled" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, temporarily, boy, eyes and gentled stand out and add context to how "stilled" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include apparently has stilled any comment and at the stilled as the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stilled" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stilled
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
When Oceanus tossed the bowl about, Heracles threatened him and stilled his waves. (13 words)
It seems impossible that voice is stilled which I have loved to hear for fifty years. (16 words)
Next, she recommended taking three deep breaths and keeping track of each inhale and exhale until your mind has stilled. (20 words)
The greatest form of White Tower punishment, Aes Sedai avoid even looking at the stilled as the mere idea of being separated from the One Power (the source of their elite status, as well as the experience of channeling) is so distasteful. (42 words)
On a hard-dirt landing strip near the northeastern city of Kobani, I waited with two long lines of U.S. Special Forces soldiers behind a huge C-17 aircraft, its mighty engines temporarily stilled. (35 words)
Maybe that doesn’t seem so extreme, but when was the last time you put away your phone, shut your eyes, stilled the mental whirl of worries, statistics and undone errands, and just listened? (34 words)
Maybe that doesn’t seem so extreme, but when was the last time you put away your phone, shut your eyes, stilled the mental whirl of worries, statistics and undone errands, and just listened? (34 words)
Example sentences (9)
On a hard-dirt landing strip near the northeastern city of Kobani, I waited with two long lines of U.S. Special Forces soldiers behind a huge C-17 aircraft, its mighty engines temporarily stilled.
In the context of the chaos, the plight of one quiet boy stilled the noise we have been drowning in and brought blessed reassurance we're unlikely to forget.
Maybe that doesn’t seem so extreme, but when was the last time you put away your phone, shut your eyes, stilled the mental whirl of worries, statistics and undone errands, and just listened?
Next, she recommended taking three deep breaths and keeping track of each inhale and exhale until your mind has stilled.
A “gag order” — something that seems like an oxymoron for a public-facing, public-serving news company to adopt — apparently has stilled any comment.
It seems impossible that voice is stilled which I have loved to hear for fifty years.
The greatest form of White Tower punishment, Aes Sedai avoid even looking at the stilled as the mere idea of being separated from the One Power (the source of their elite status, as well as the experience of channeling) is so distasteful.
Those who have been stilled, gentled or "burned out" experience deep depression and most often eventually die, wasting away in apathy.
When Oceanus tossed the bowl about, Heracles threatened him and stilled his waves.
Common combinations with stilled
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: