pass quietly

Example Sentences

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The January meeting, however, is expected to pass quietly — one Wall Street analyst advised clients to hit the snooze button.

From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2018

These were supporters who were determined their big day should not pass quietly.

From The Guardian • Feb. 24, 2013

Let Sugar Export Co. pass quietly into oblivion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Let him die in peace," he said; "let his soul pass quietly to its rest.

From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir

My father, dear good man, thinks that he has only to attend to his business, and to express no opinion whatever about public affairs, and that the storm will pass quietly over his head.

From No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee by Wood, Stanley L.