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Example sentences for "quieter"

Lexicographically close words:
quiete; quieted; quietem; quieten; quietened; quietest; quieti; quieting; quietism; quietist
  1. There is a quieter way of trimming the boat.

  2. There cannot be a quieter place: and I shall be so far on my way to the seater.

  3. Faro is such a lot quieter game," was his comment; "so much more ca'm and restful.

  4. What, for instance, could be quieter or more modest, in its first stages, than the invention of James Watt?

  5. There had been no dregs left from those sweet, light, heady draughts she and Neale had drunk together in their youth, nor in the quieter satisfying draughts they knew now.

  6. It even seemed to him that he had been happier and quieter than before.

  7. She sat down on the bed and laid her hand firmly on Agnes' shoulder, looking into the startled old eyes, which grew a little quieter now that someone else was there.

  8. At last the warder and the jailer left the cell, the women grew quieter and began going to bed, and the old woman went to the icon and commenced praying.

  9. I shall now go to the country, and then to Petersburg," he said, when he was quieter again.

  10. Yes," he said, when he was quieter and finished his story in a few words.

  11. In the dockyard a quieter scene explained the reason.

  12. As it was somewhat quieter at midnight, most of the men crept into the captain's boat, when the thickest sail we had was drawn over them.

  13. Until that hour, she had promenaded with Edward Pym in the bustling lighted streets, or in the quieter walks of the Regent's Park.

  14. They watched them march off; the giant, quieter now, staggered between two limping comrades who helped him along, though they had all their work cut out to put one sore foot before the other.

  15. Vanda and Minnie, too, were the quieter afterwards.

  16. Look here, Joe,' said Bill Galletly in a quieter tone.

  17. He was rather quieter than his brother, but the two were very much alike.

  18. She lay quieter after that torrent of pain and passion.

  19. He had learned in his wanderings that an Irishman who grows quieter when deeply stirred is a very dangerous specimen of the genus homo.

  20. We had not removed him to his own little bed; my room, situated at the end of the corridor, was quieter than his mother's.

  21. Miss Haredale, whose feelings were usually of a quieter kind than Dolly's, and not so much upon the surface, was dreadfully alarmed, and indeed had only just recovered from a swoon.

  22. If there was anything I could do to please you," her husband went on in a quieter tone, "I would do it.

  23. The cottage on Brook Green was even quieter than the Rectory at Angleford, where she had at least the companionship of other servants, and a large acquaintance in the village.

  24. The quieter it is, the better I shall like it.

  25. Once he perceived that it was perhaps quieter for her than for most women, for she had no intimate acquaintances; but then she had never been used to any!

  26. I rolled myself in my blankets then, and with some hopefulness and a quieter spirit I too went to sleep.

  27. Arabella seemed quieter than ever when she came down the stairway, her wet garments exchanged for dry ones, and her straight hair primly braided, thanks to Miss Fenler.

  28. Ten were exceedingly lively, while the other half of the list were pleasant girls of quieter type.

  29. His renewed society confirmed friendship, but awakened nothing more, and quieter thoughts convinced her that the future must reveal what her relations should be to him and to others.

  30. And myself," added Mr. Chiverton in a quieter voice as he rose from his chair.

  31. The doctor's house was all the quieter for the absence of the elder boys at Hampton.

  32. Princess Mary seemed even quieter and more diffident than usual.

  33. You mention the troubles in France, but you will easily imagine from what I have said concerning my approaching journey, that things are in a quieter state than they were some months ago.

  34. On the back "concessions" of Ontario a quieter but no less effective campaign was carried on against the domination of Canadian politics by a French Roman Catholic province and a French Roman Catholic Prime Minister.

  35. The extension of Canadian sovereignty beyond the Rockies came about in quieter fashion.

  36. So these two men front each other, and it is hard to tell which has the quieter pulse and the steadier hand.

  37. And then they parted, and the earl rode back home with a quieter pace than that which had brought him there, and in a different mood.


  38. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "quieter" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.