quietly

Example Sentences

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“Move, Janie,” he hissed at her, as quietly as he could hiss.

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I listened for a while, then quietly tiptoed back outside with Sal at my heels.

From Literature

She could only sit quietly and watch the others.

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Shifting the egg so that he could carry it in one hand, he opened the door as quietly as possible.

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But it is a trait that Darnold has long exhibited, according to his high school coach Jaime Ortiz, who remembers his former student as a wildly gifted but quietly driven kid.

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