Example Sentences

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“What he’s told me is that in October when classes start, then hopefully the raids will have calmed for school,” said Sara.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2025

“I’m waiting until after Labor Day, hoping things will have calmed down by then, as children return to school,” Smith says.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2021

"I think things will have calmed down in the next few weeks," says Mr Jeans.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2019

Maybe in a few months things will have calmed down here, and we can return.

From Reuters • Apr. 3, 2013

I'm planning to stay away for a month, and hope that by then my mother will have calmed down, so that I'll be able to leave her.

From Andrea Delfin by Pullen, Michael