Parrots shrieking break the intense stillness of the jungle.

In the stillness, intense by sharp contrast, the sound of bare soles pattering upon the path outside stole to me.

After the clatter an intense stillness reigned in the town.

At five minutes past ten the roar of the big car in the yard broke the intense stillness.

Something was moving there, faintly and quietly enough, but still moving perceptibly, for in the intense stillness of the night any sound seemed loud.

"They are very silent," said Good; and indeed the intense stillness among such a vast concourse of living men was almost overpowering.

The intense stillness makes everything seem distant and detached.

The intense stillness of that face becomes the film's center of gravity, just as the increasingly animated voice becomes its propulsive force.

"Good," said Sir Henry's voice at last, and it sounded awful in the intense stillness, "how many matches have you in the box?"

Through the intense stillness I could still hear the woman sobbing in the dark below.