quiet
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Detailed recordings captured their sleeping positions, periods of quiet rest, and episodes of REM-like movement.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
To her neighbours and friends, Hilary Nathan was a quiet, religious woman who ran a riding stable in the small Orcadian island of Burray.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Mr. Drury deals in the quiet comedy of everyday screw-ups and hopeful irrationality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
When I told her how shocked I was, she went quiet, then got upset.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
In 1940—the year Joey first notices sores and bumps, known as “lesions,” on her face—the land, water, and skies around Manila are quiet.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
The company said its backup diesel generators run only for five minute tests each week and, thanks to abatement efforts, produce "about 44 decibels of sound, quieter than a soft conversation three feet away."
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
A quieter Fed would let the market speak louder, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
Georgieva, responding to Warsh, jokingly hinted at the unease prompted by a quieter Fed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Forecasters in the US predicted the 2026 hurricane season would be quieter than average due to the developing strong El Niño in the Pacific Ocean.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Kyla is a lot quieter, but only at first.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
For this attempt, Navratil picked late Sunday afternoon as the usually busy spot would be at its quietest and warmest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The Big Bend sector is the largest and quietest.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
America’s quietest lender is now fighting a bond crisis at home, and this week’s Bank of Japan meeting is the tell.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Existing forecasting methods generally provide less advance notice because scientists must wait until the Sun reaches solar minimum, the quietest part of its cycle.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
What followed was the quietest dinner we’d ever had.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
When 19th Street quiets down around midnight, the party shifts to the Sanchaung area.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
If the Iran conflict is resolved and inflation quiets down, the economy could even see another burst of growth.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026
Gabapentin quiets nerve firing in the spinal cord and brain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
About the only time it quiets down is Saturday night between 3 and 4 a.m.,
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2022
When she quiets down, she slumps onto the couch in the TV room and puts her face in her hands, breathing hard.
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
As the boos quieted, he authored a quality start in his Dodgers debut.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Despite some wobbles, tech stocks have rebounded as earnings growth quieted concerns over free cash flow and AI overspending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The group quieted down like scandalized school children.
From Salon ● May 29, 2026
Even as protests have quieted, repression continues in other forms.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
The crowd quieted down until the only sound was the reverend’s breathing, amplified by the microphone just inches from him.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
"This offers a tangible path toward creating a medication that has a similar quieting effect as meditation."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 2, 2026
And yet it is precisely a lack of hyperbole or hysteria—a quieting control, one might say—that makes it so moving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
Throughout his campaign, Cox told me, Zuckerman had downplayed his anti-immigration views, and he had succeeded in quieting his opponents.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2024
Showing no early jitters, Martin completed nine of his first 11 passes while quieting a crowd of 110,047 that was the 10th biggest in the history of this stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2024
Jake laid a hand on the old man’s arm, quieting him.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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