There was a terrible stillness about it this time, the absolute rigidity of timeless age.

A terrible stillness had fallen on our ranks.

After a terrible stillness, she stirred under me.

And over the whole scene a terrible stillness reigned.

She paused, then tapped again, once, hard and small in the terrible stillness.

Underneath lay a terrible stillness, the silence after the final beating of the heart, the last shuddering breath.

A terrible stillness came upon them all.

Silence, the voice had gone, just a terrible stillness which left him trembling.

Their eyes were open; some were standing, though most had sat down; and a terrible stillness hung over them.

As he did so, he became aware of the extraordinary, almost terrible, stillness surrounding him.