pass quietly

Example Sentences

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The January meeting, however, is expected to pass quietly — one Wall Street analyst advised clients to hit the snooze button.

From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2018

These were supporters who were determined their big day should not pass quietly.

From The Guardian • Feb. 24, 2013

Let Sugar Export Co. pass quietly into oblivion.

From Time Magazine Archive

And these two or three months I shall contrive, I know, to pass quietly in some infirmary.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

Should the Commons suffer it to pass quietly, Mr Montefiore had no doubt the Duke would take no part against them.

From Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 by Loewe, Louis