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 Berkeley, George

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 Butler, Thomas Belden

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