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Definition of quieten in English: quietenverb ˈkwʌɪət(ə)nˈkwaɪətn British Make or become quiet and calm. 〈主英〉（使）安静下来；（使）平静下来；平息 with object her mother was trying to quieten her 她妈妈试图让她平静下来。 things seemed to have quietened down 事态似乎已经平静下来。 Example sentencesExamples - We have not had any reports in the last couple of weeks, so things must be quietening down.
- Then I quietened my seething spirits with a small bag of fish and chips which I enjoyed while sitting on a bench in the town square.
- After the initial damage within the centre, the atmosphere quietened.
- His frustration was compounded in the first set by the fact that he was unable to hold on to an early break of serve which would have quietened the crowd.
- But as the shark moves casually past my terror is finally quietened, my body flooded instead by a feeling I can only describe as wonder.
- Perhaps the churning of the twentieth century has quietened and we are returning to a society of strong traditions with a focus on continuity rather than change.
- At one stage the noise was like bedlam, then it was as if a magic wand had quietened everyone; a steady drift down to theatre, then it was me.
- That restricted her family time, but the outstanding results she achieved quietened their mild complaints.
- The rebels quietened crying children by firing their guns into the air.
- Perhaps the hot weather quietens everything - so much so that it is not easy to remember that the canal was once a bustling and live channel.
- Although quietened by their leader, his more bullish followers claim this is because he believes he can win the first stage of the campaign purely on the momentum he has already built up.
- It is quietening down and people are getting off the street.
- It just seemed to be the best way to do it and it certainly quietened Ann for the rest of the day.
- When storms are brewing, he speaks, and quietens the waters.
- Public art had gone from being a spontaneous expression of popular will to a way of restraining and quietening the public down.
Synonyms silence, make quieter, hush, shush, quiet, still informal shut up fall silent, stop talking, break off, become quiet, quieten down, grow silent, shush, hold one's tongue informal shut up, clam up, shut it, pipe down, shut one's mouth/face/trap, put a sock in it, button one's lip, button it, cut the cackle British informal wrap up North American informal save it calm, calm down, pacify, soothe, subdue, tranquillize, cool, content, silence, relax, comfort, compose allay, appease, assuage, mollify, palliate, ease, lessen, reduce, abate, mitigate, moderate, stifle, dull, deaden, lull, temper, subjugate, repress, quell, quash, overcome, rise above
Definition of quieten in US English: quietenverbˈkwaɪətnˈkwīətn British Make or become quiet and calm. 〈主英〉（使）安静下来；（使）平静下来；平息 with object her mother was trying to quieten her 她妈妈试图让她平静下来。 no object things seemed to have quietened down 事态似乎已经平静下来。 Example sentencesExamples - Perhaps the hot weather quietens everything - so much so that it is not easy to remember that the canal was once a bustling and live channel.
- Perhaps the churning of the twentieth century has quietened and we are returning to a society of strong traditions with a focus on continuity rather than change.
- Then I quietened my seething spirits with a small bag of fish and chips which I enjoyed while sitting on a bench in the town square.
- At one stage the noise was like bedlam, then it was as if a magic wand had quietened everyone; a steady drift down to theatre, then it was me.
- Public art had gone from being a spontaneous expression of popular will to a way of restraining and quietening the public down.
- That restricted her family time, but the outstanding results she achieved quietened their mild complaints.
- After the initial damage within the centre, the atmosphere quietened.
- It is quietening down and people are getting off the street.
- Although quietened by their leader, his more bullish followers claim this is because he believes he can win the first stage of the campaign purely on the momentum he has already built up.
- His frustration was compounded in the first set by the fact that he was unable to hold on to an early break of serve which would have quietened the crowd.
- The rebels quietened crying children by firing their guns into the air.
- It just seemed to be the best way to do it and it certainly quietened Ann for the rest of the day.
- We have not had any reports in the last couple of weeks, so things must be quietening down.
- But as the shark moves casually past my terror is finally quietened, my body flooded instead by a feeling I can only describe as wonder.
- When storms are brewing, he speaks, and quietens the waters.
Synonyms silence, make quieter, hush, shush, quiet, still fall silent, stop talking, break off, become quiet, quieten down, grow silent, shush, hold one's tongue calm, calm down, pacify, soothe, subdue, tranquillize, cool, content, silence, relax, comfort, compose allay, appease, assuage, mollify, palliate, ease, lessen, reduce, abate, mitigate, moderate, stifle, dull, deaden, lull, temper, subjugate, repress, quell, quash, overcome, rise above
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