quieten

Example Sentences

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Clearly, music seemed to quieten the internal storm.

From BBC

This time they combined on each other’s goals to quieten a Stade Velodrome crowd full of belief after the recent cup win against a PSG side reeling from five defeats in its 12 previous games.

From Seattle Times

“I had to let her quieten down by not giving her any air time in my own world,” Winslet says.

From Los Angeles Times

Things are quietening down a little as the Games approach the final stages, but don’t stop reading because that’s how we make our money and I need to buy some new shoes.

From The Guardian

"We're seeing a lot more of that into the summer that conventionally would have quietened right down by now."

From BBC