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

Perplexity is active and painful; doubt may be quiescent.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin

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)

There is no wind to ruffle this aqueous surface,—why should it not be quiescent?

From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by Lloyd, John Uri