quieting

Example Sentences

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Instead of quieting the rumors, it lengthened the story’s time in the news cycle.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

"This offers a tangible path toward creating a medication that has a similar quieting effect as meditation."

From Science Daily • Jan. 2, 2026

And yet it is precisely a lack of hyperbole or hysteria—a quieting control, one might say — that makes it so moving.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

And he did it all while showing defensive mastery of shortstop, quieting a growing narrative that the toll of his new position was curbing his capabilities at the plate.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2025

Just when the commotion was quieting down, a man appeared at the schoolhouse door.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong