quietening

Leaping, roaring to climax, then the strength taken from fury, a quietening.

Things are quietening down a little as the Games approach the final stages, but don’t stop reading because that’s how we make our money and I need to buy some new shoes.

Something in us needs to be soothed, and we’ve worked out a ritual for quietening it.

Rashford has done an amazing job of simplifying the complexities and quietening the noise.

On the circuit, meanwhile, a row about the format of individual events shows no sign of quietening down.