How to Use quieten in a Sentence

quieten

verb

• The fans had quietened down, the match was now a lot more even.
  — SI.com, 21 Mar. 2018
• Eight months later, Fleabag isn't old news, but the furore has quietened.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 18 Nov. 2019
• Talk of that move has since quietened, but Griezmann's latest comments could add fuel to the fire once again.
  — SI.com, 23 July 2019
• While reports have quietened down since any initial flurry at the start of May, Chelsea and Arsenal have also been linked with the forward.
  — SI.com, 18 May 2018
• The Swiss international - currently away with his country for the World Cup - has been linked with a move to Merseyside, but talks is starting to quieten down.
  — SI.com, 16 June 2018
• Tocilizumab is approved to quieten the chatter of immune molecules in rheumatoid arthritis and in some types of cancer.
  — Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2020
• Things quietened down after the restart but Saudi Arabia did look for a third penalty minutes into the second half - referee Wilmar Roldán waved away the hopeful appeals.
  — SI.com, 25 June 2018
• The Manchester club were heavily linked with a move for the Serbian prior to the 2018 World Cup, but talks of a deal quietened following his underwhelming performances in the tournament.
  — SI.com, 9 July 2019
• Spain's striker-free formation initially flummoxed the Azzurri to quieten its loud, colourful, flag-waving fans behind one of the goals.
  — Steve Douglas, Star Tribune, 6 July 2021
• In a nuanced and counterintuitive creative choice, the adults’ voices are quietened in the background, which forces viewers to focus on Alex’s words rather than her parents’ assumptions.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 21 June 2017
• If supersonic air travel is ever to return, Concorde’s successors will thus have to quieten their act.
  — The Economist, 25 Jan. 2018
• Pellegri's goal quickly quietened the Roman crowd, which had saluted Totti before kickoff.
  — Ap, USA TODAY, 28 May 2017

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