How To Use Quieten In A Sentence
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It's not so much that I've quietened down, as that I've channelled my energies into things that are more productive than out-and-out hedonism.
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The labour unrest which swept the country last week has quietened down.
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The struggle for the pronunciation of our name will no doubt continue long after this fracking business has quietened down.
Times, Sunday Times
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Some parents have noticed their babies quietening when a familiar song or TV theme tune comes on.
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Jane laughed and pointed out with a kind of amazed bitterness that things were not likely to “quieten down for years.”
A Covert Affair
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Russian intelligence will take a long time to quieten the paranoia of the West.
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He tried to find a compromise that would satisfy his artistic urge and quieten his conscience.
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A man doesn't get delirium tremens even if he smokes more than is good for him; he doesn't become a debased mortal; there is nothing about tobacco which makes a man beat his wife or assault his mother-in-law -- rather the reverse, in fact, for tobacco is a soother and a quietener of the passions, and many a man, I daresay, has been prevented from doing rash things in the way of retaliation, when he has lit his pipe and had a good think over his affairs.
The Social History of Smoking
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You must quieten down when the teacher comes into the classroom.
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Coupled with a 6-0 thrashing at Chelsea a week later it was a start that left a 37-year-old manager in his second Premier League season looking exposed, if not out of his depth, yet with a conjuror's insouciance Martínez pulled an unlikely win at Spurs out of the hat next to quieten a restless audience.
Wigan's Roberto Martínez feels more English than Spanish
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Somehow I managed to quieten her down.
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In a conciliatory tone he added that she could always come back later “when things quieten down.”
A Covert Affair
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But as the shark moves casually past my terror is finally quietened, my body flooded instead by a feeling I can only describe as wonder.
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If you can quieten the Paris crowd you have half the battle won and they proved themselves magnanimous in defeat by giving the Scots a rousing cheer at the final whistle.
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At one stage the noise was like bedlam, then it was as if a magic wand had quietened everyone; a steady drift down to theatre, then it was me.
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Things quieten down a little until just before Easter when the Maundy Thursday Wine Fair takes place at an atmospheric wine hall in Ricey-Haut, under an imposing 18th century timbered roof.
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He was a bit of a joker, a bit loud and lairy at times but he quietened down once he got into his religion.
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The unhurt put candid, in its chichi quieten, is a youngster of the 20th century
Brian Ruckley · Three Random Things I Noticed This Week
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He tried to find a compromise that would satisfy his artistic urge and quieten his conscience.
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She tried to quieten her breathing.
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As the mechanical creatures quietened, a faint cheep could be heard, then a sort of indignant squawk.
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He gently stroked the horse's muzzle and whispered to him softly, and the animal quietened almost immediately.
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After the initial damage within the centre, the atmosphere quietened.
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Although quietened by their leader, his more bullish followers claim this is because he believes he can win the first stage of the campaign purely on the momentum he has already built up.
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She gave me a load of abuse, but it quietened her down.
Times, Sunday Times
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She gave me a load of abuse, but it quietened her down.
Times, Sunday Times
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A silencer quietens the noise of the engine.
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Sandy ga'e him a clap on the hurdles to quieten him, but aye the hent feet o 'him played skelp on the boddom o' the cairt, till I thocht he wudda haen't ca'd a 'to bits.
My Man Sandy
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Perhaps the churning of the twentieth century has quietened and we are returning to a society of strong traditions with a focus on continuity rather than change.
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Neighbours and friends who visited Pamela's home yesterday recited prayers and a decade of the rosary in a bid to quieten the restless spirit.
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The labour unrest which swept the country last week has quietened down.
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Then I quietened my seething spirits with a small bag of fish and chips which I enjoyed while sitting on a bench in the town square.
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She rocked the cradle to quieten the child.
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Spectators do quieten when requested to do so.
Times, Sunday Times
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So, RTÉ wants to quieten brilliant satirist Oliver Callan - in the interests of "fairness" - because in "these troubled times" (yadda, yadda, yadda), don't you know, it's unhelpful to have the head of government looking like a pisshead.
Irish Blogs
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A silencer quietens the noise of the engine.
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The labour unrest which swept the country last week has quietened down.
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We wish good recovery to the young victim and we hope that such incidents do not happen again in the future because they particularly disquieten us. ''
Your Local Guardian | Sutton
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Perhaps the hot weather quietens everything - so much so that it is not easy to remember that the canal was once a bustling and live channel.
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We have not had any reports in the last couple of weeks, so things must be quietening down.
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Noticing me, Nancy immediately quietens and takes to navigating the car out onto the road.
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The labour unrest which swept the country last week has quietened down.
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His release from time-out required that he quieten down and comply with the original request on his return.
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The chatter of voices gradually quietened.
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In an attempt to quieten things down, executive producer George Harrison arranged for a press conference in London.
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The mare fidgeted, but Alex quietened her with his whispered words and his gentle hands.
Judge deveraux
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Director Keith Hollinrake said that while the market had quietened down after last year's dramatic price rises, it was still buoyant, with demand increasing slightly again in the last three months.
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She gazed at the ceiling, feeling her heartbeat and breathing slowing to normal, her body quietening.
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He wanted … I got up and made a talk to kind of quieten these folks down.
Oral History Interview with Clay East, September 22, 1973. Interview E-0003. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
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Invent some reason to quieten old Nosy Salt.
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They watched him too, and when he'd quietened down, brought in his two companions.
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He tried to find a compromise that would satisfy his artistic urge and quieten his conscience.
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Her triple-jointed limbs buckle around her as she capers, quietens, throws a soft-shoe shuffle.
Times, Sunday Times
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Mr Lewis, the mechanic, for example, soon managed to quieten my baby daughter Rachel while I was out of the room.
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That restricted her family time, but the outstanding results she achieved quietened their mild complaints.
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The struggle for the pronunciation of our name will no doubt continue long after this fracking business has quietened down.
Times, Sunday Times
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Russian intelligence will take a long time to quieten the paranoia of the West.
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Can't you quieten those children down?
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I try to quieten her screeches of laughter by shaking her, to no avail.
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In an attempt to quieten things down, executive producer George Harrison arranged for a press conference in London.
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It is quietening down and people are getting off the street.
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Every so often, the stones would quieten while a doctor would check the women's pulse.
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The labour unrest which swept the country last week has quietened down.
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The interesting thing is that when quality drama or documentaries do come on, Twitter tends to quieten.
How Twitter saved event TV
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Javed Miandad appealed for calm, but he failed to quieten the protesters.
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Spectators do quieten when requested to do so.
Times, Sunday Times
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He took his seat on the stool and waited for the crowd to quieten.
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Russian intelligence will take a long time to quieten the paranoia of the West.
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It just seemed to be the best way to do it and it certainly quietened Ann for the rest of the day.
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As the noise levels grew again, two women came in from the bar area and the whole place quietened down again.
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The primary function of snake venom is, of course, to quieten prey before swallowing them.
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He tried to find a compromise that would satisfy his artistic urge and quieten his conscience.
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They quietened down after that, but then I couldn't sleep for a while because I don't like altercations or upsets of any kind.
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They watched him too, and when he'd quietened down, brought in his two companions.
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The Byron area has quietened off a tad but tailor are still around along with bream and dart.
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We try to quieten those who would sully this momentous event.
Hugh Muir's Diary
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The rebels quietened crying children by firing their guns into the air.
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The hush quietens to a silence; pins dropping would be like crashing cymbals.
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When storms are brewing, he speaks, and quietens the waters.
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Hull City yesterday will "quieten" the job speculation after a frenzied week.
Tribalfootball.com
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His frustration was compounded in the first set by the fact that he was unable to hold on to an early break of serve which would have quietened the crowd.
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Things tend to quieten down after Christmas.
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Public art had gone from being a spontaneous expression of popular will to a way of restraining and quietening the public down.
