be quiescent
Example Sentences
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The security threat from the Islamic State may be quiescent now, but is hardly gone, according to senior Iraqi security officials.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2023
The third, around Leningrad, seemed now to be quiescent; it had changed from a sector to an episode.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perplexity is active and painful; doubt may be quiescent.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald
She marched 30,000 men into her German provinces; but finding that Austria and Prussia were resolved to be quiescent, was fain to offer explanations, and recall her troops.
From The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart
For almost twenty-four hours that dreadful, unbeaten hopefulness would be quiescent.
From Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale by Harriet L. Smith
