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

But Seattle also closely — and physically — marked Puig, limiting his effectiveness and quieting two of the team’s top four offensive threats.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2024

As I’m clearing my mind, quieting it, I become aware of the sounds coming from Sausun’s computer.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali