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  • adjective brought to a standstill
  • adjective quieted
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of still.

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Examples

  • After a few minutes of that, his expression stilled, schooled once more into the calm mask he so determinedly holds.

    jaxraven Diary Entry jaxraven 2006

  • He took a deep breath, and his expression stilled for a moment.

    If I Pay Thee Not In Gold Lackey, Mercedes 1993

  • Duissane threw him the briefest of wide-glances; her expression stilled the words in his mouth.

    Trullion: Alastor 2262 Vance, Jack 1973

  • His extended hand again stilled the storm, and he resumed: You shall go with me to Stirling, but as my friends only: never as the enemies of the regent of Scotland.

    The Scottish Chiefs 1875

  • Bayard2s sword stilled, and Sir Robert stood stiffly behind him, his hand stretched toward the Scorpion in silent anguish.

    Virginity Sydney Kilgore 2010

  • "No," Sam said, and her eyes focused on his face then, her own expression stilled, apprehensive.

    Sleeping Partners Lamb, Charlotte, 1937- 1991

  • When the Lord Jesus Christ at one word stilled the raging of the sea and wind, all that were with him knew there was divine power at hand, Matt. viii.

    Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost 1616-1683 1965

  • There is a remembrance of vanished hands, of voices for ever stilled, which is altogether wrong and weakening.

    Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark Alexander Maclaren 1868

  • This was the celebrated Dr Scoresby; a man who had spent his youth and manhood in the whale-fishing; who, late in life, entered the Church, and, until the day of his death, took a special delight in directing the attention of sailors to Him whose word stilled the tempest and bade the angry waves be calm.

    The Ocean and its Wonders 1859

  • That call stilled the tumult for a minute, and Stalky, leaping to a desk, shouted, "He went and sucked the diphtheria stuff out of Stettson major's throat when we thought he was in town.

    Stalky & Co. Rudyard Kipling 1900

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