quiet down

“When things started to quiet down, my mom put all of us in the car and started to drive to Saigon,” says Carina.

And the streets of Egyptian cities don't look like they will quiet down any time soon.

The drumbeat is building on this, and one doubts it's going to quiet down.

As on the night before, it took the school a long time to quiet down.

The steers, moving more and more slowly, Tad concluded wisely that they were growing tired of this and that they would quiet down.

Presently you will grow accustomed to its invigorating tone, and quiet down.

He began to cry and requested permission to go and wash his face and quiet down.

But towards the end of the following week, matters had commenced to quiet down; and Gilberte learned the return of Marius.