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"I watch something I have seen time and time again - it's enough to quieten the busy part of my mind and I can fall to sleep," she says.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

“Maybe you shouldn’t be speaking every day. You should just let things quieten down,” Macron said on Thursday.

From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2026

Martin Zubimendi's long-range drive just before half-time settled the nerves of the home crowd at the Emirates Stadium before Viktor Gyokeres struck twice to quieten his critics.

From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026

Kylian Mbappe took full advantage that night but, this time, Pope got a strong hand to Ousmane Dembele's spot-kick to briefly quieten the Parc des Princes.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026

“Shh, Fang, it’s us!” said Hermione, hurrying over and scratching his ears to quieten him.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

Although it can be noisy, it quietens down significantly once the Pyramid stage performers finish for the day.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2025

We also found examples of ads aimed at busy parents, painting fast food as something that saves parents time, quietens children and feeds families.

From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2024

As Hollywood quietens for the holidays, she has been afforded a rare moment to reflect “on a wild and wonderful six months” since “Aftersun” premiered in Critics’ Week at Cannes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2023

This induces a trance-like state in which the conscious mind quietens down, apparently allowing the subconscious to do a little rewiring.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 4, 2018

‘Right, settle down,’ Miss Forshaw says, and the class quietens.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Things have since quietened, she says, crediting patrols by the army and government-backed vigilantes, but the atmosphere is still tense.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Townsend only signed a new contract last September -- up until after the 2027 Rugby World Cup -- but that had not quietened the critics, especially after poor results in last Autumn's Tests.

From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026

After some initial progress and minor trials, the talk of Wenger's law quietened down.

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026

The anxiety and obligations quietened as the brain was flooded with feel-good chemicals.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2025

Ira had fed him and freed him from hunger, the taste was with him still and he would not be quietened.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

She described Ruben as "inoffensive" and "a normal bloke", adding that "Jon was definitely the leader, he was in charge" and if the children needed quietening down "he would speak to them like a teacher".

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026

Here we are 12 months later, just as MPs may have thought things were quietening down before Parliament's summer break starting next week, and here we go again.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2025

Yet Kopatchinskaja produced a propulsion toward a quietening peace so overwhelming, it seemed inevitable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2018

The publication date of La Belle Sauvage on his 71st birthday was a “happy accident rather than a deliberate plan”, his publicist claimed, but a rejuvenated Pullman shows no signs of quietening down.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 22, 2017

Julius heard her voice, clear and shrill above the quietening crowd.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks