QUIETUDE in a Sentence

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For QUIETUDE, below is one of 7 sentences:
The stranger had entered the room with the characteristic quietude of the profession to which he announced himself as belonging.

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 Meanings and Examples of QUIETUDE
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quietude
 n.  tranquility; state of peace and quiet
Classic Sentence:
1  The stranger had entered the room with the characteristic quietude of the profession to which he announced himself as belonging.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE INTERVIEW
2  It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
3  Her face, so long familiar to the townspeople, showed the marble quietude which they were accustomed to behold there.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXI. THE NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY
4  In the midst of the babel she found enchanted quietude.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
5  No wonder there had been some among the hunters who namelessly transported and allured by all this serenity, had ventured to assail it; but had fatally found that quietude but the vesture of tornadoes.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 133. The Chase—First Day.
6  Seek quietude and oblivion, so that you may return peaceably to France after a few years.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 91. Mother and Son.
Example Sentence:
1  He was impressed by the air of quietude and peace that pervaded the valley.