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
He pitied himself, and he reached the conclusion that he suffered because he was active; he could not be quiescent.
From The Egoist by Meredith, George
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 Smith, Harriet L.
Mr. Houston, when he received no reply from his lady-love, would certainly be quiescent, and Gertrude, without any assent from her lover, could hardly arrange her journey to Ostend.
From Ayala's Angel by Trollope, Anthony
