be quiescent
Example Sentences
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The security threat from the Islamic State may be quiescent now, but is hardly gone, according to senior Iraqi security officials.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2023
The third, around Leningrad, seemed now to be quiescent; it had changed from a sector to an episode.
From Time Magazine Archive
A man in a ship may be said to be quiescent with relation to the sides of the vessel, and yet move with relation to the land.
From A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge by George Berkeley
The balloon seemed to be stationary; the clouds above and below appeared to be quiescent; the air castles, in the distance, stood to their places; silence reigned supreme; it was solemnly sublime.
From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Thomas Belden Butler
Where there is no need it seems to be quiescent; where there is something to be met, contended with, and overcome, it is furiously 'on the job.'
From The Conquest of Fear by Basil King
