quiet
Example Sentences
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In order to do that again, Sporting will have to keep Gyokeres quiet.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
The car was parked on a quiet residential street, Cedar Springs Terrace, a couple of miles from her apartment and about a mile and a half from her gig.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Trump said the Friday rescue of the first airman was kept quiet so a search could continue for the second pilot, who was wounded but climbed up to a mountain crevice where he was rescued.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
While not framed as a direct response to the earlier controversy, the casting offers a quiet rebuttal to the narrative that once surrounded him.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
The Mallons’ house was a black smudge in the fog, the stone walls sleeping, the worn path quiet as we tiptoed over it.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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