quietus

Example Sentences

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Kg5, and now, with both Black rooks hanging, a simple king move delivers the quietus.

From Washington Times

Instead, it was a much quicker quietus after 19.

From Washington Times

What’s most disheartening is how unspectacular a quietus it turns out to be.

From The New Yorker

Last night also put the quietus to that numbing “small ball” we kept hearing from the game announcers all summer, in a season dominated by enormous heat-radiating relievers and resulting low scores and shrivelled offense.

From The New Yorker

The third section of Levels of Life is literally self-mortifying, as Barnes imagines a scenario for suicide and selects the sharp Japanese knife that might bring about his quietus.

From The Guardian