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
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 King, Basil
Sometimes it takes leaps, and sometimes appears for a time to be quiescent.
From The Child under Eight by Murray, E. R. (Elsie Riach)
Mr. Houston, when he received no reply from his lady-love, would certainly be quiescent, and Gertrude, without any assent from her lover, could hardly arrange her journey to Ostend.
From Ayala's Angel by Trollope, Anthony
