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

She marched 30,000 men into her German provinces; but finding that Austria and Prussia were resolved to be quiescent, was fain to offer explanations, and recall her troops.

From The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)

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 Berkeley, George

It simply teaches that during the actual formulation of suggestions, that is for a few minutes daily, the Will should be quiescent.

From The Practice of Autosuggestion by Coué, Emile