quieten
IPA: kwˈaɪʌtʌn
verb
- (transitive) To make quiet.
- (intransitive) To become quiet.
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Examples of "quieten" in Sentences
- Maybe it'll quieten down a little.
- Hopefully it'll quieten down a bit now.
- I think it will quieten down again soon.
- The remaining two are quieten and neaten.
- I want to quieten my very noisy computer.
- A bag is put over its head, to quieten it.
- Try to quieten your mind, keep it from racing.
- We try to quieten those who would sully this momentous event.
- May be just letting things go for a while will help quieten things down.
- He wanted … I got up and made a talk to kind of quieten these folks down.
- Or it might quieten down after a few days particularly if no oil is found.
- Putting those words in quotes managed to quieten down a lot of disagreement.
- Hull City yesterday will "quieten" the job speculation after a frenzied week.
- The unhurt put candid, in its chichi quieten, is a youngster of the 20th century
- In a conciliatory tone he added that she could always come back later “when things quieten down.”
- The interesting thing is that when quality drama or documentaries do come on, Twitter tends to quieten.
- Jane laughed and pointed out with a kind of amazed bitterness that things were not likely to “quieten down for years.”
- 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.