Example Sentences

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“There’s nothing to worry about. Do you think Derby would send the Astrea now if he thought there was any danger? He knows things are quieting down.”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

There, now, I think things are quieting for the moment.

From A Soldier of the Legion by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)

The creaking of the timbers, and the lashing of the waves, are quieting music compared with the storm of your raging fears.

From Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons by Mitchell, Donald Grant

"The horses are quieting down now, and Noddy seems as much at home as anywhere, so I reckon it was only strangeness that made them act queer," said Eleanor.

From Polly of Pebbly Pit by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth

See, my lady, how they are quieting down, how they recoil before him.

From Success and How He Won It by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)