quiet
adjective
making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound.
will quiet
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future tenseof quiet.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Campbell hopes the relatively successful season will quiet critics.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 9, 2023
“Now, everyone hopes this will quiet down, and we continue with the program.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
The assistant principal will poke her head in on a regular basis, and kids will quiet down, but then it goes back to mayhem.
From Slate ● May 23, 2019
Whether the controversy will quiet after people see Johansson act in the role as opposed to simply as a name on the page remains an open question.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2017
“Come, take it, Ranofer. It will quiet your rumblings, as the man said when he tossed his right leg to the crocodile.”
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
