be still

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Used to mean not moving.

stillVERB + still

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be

Examples (10)

  • Please be still for a moment.
  • The water was perfectly still this morning.
  • Try to be still while I tie your shoelaces.
  • In meditation, you learn to be still and quiet your mind.
  • The air is completely still tonight, not a breeze.
  • The child was so still that I thought he was asleep.
  • You need to be still for the picture to come out clear.
  • The forest was still and silent, waiting for dawn.
  • He asked her to be still as he bandaged her arm.
  • If you want to catch fish, you must be perfectly still.