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Meanings of quieten in English

Portuguese
tranqüilizar
Catalan
tranquil·litzar
Spanish
tranquilizar

Make calm or still.

tranqüilizar
Usage of quieten in English
1
She breathed deeply to quieten it, but it would not stay still.
Go Set a Watchman
2
For the short term, however, Next's analysis should quieten the scaremongers.
The Guardian
3
The visitors will look to quieten the crowd in the first fifteen minutes.
Independent.ie
4
Australia need to quieten the crowd, and they are doing a decent job.
The Guardian
5
It's rather as … Things are beginning to quieten down a little here.
The Irish Times
6
It got very noisy and he told them to quieten down.
Into the Water
7
I stopped, trying to quieten my breathing as it quickened in the gloom.
The last 10 seconds
8
His eyes were glassy with drink, and his comrades strove to quieten him.
Esther Waters
9
But his clarification did little to quieten the uproar in parliament.
Reuters
10
Totty managed to quieten her little charge, whom she took upon her lap.
Thyrza
11
If they were not quiet, he would swiftly quieten them with his moorillah.
Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as t...
12
It's just great that we could quieten a few today.
The Irish Times
13
George silent spectre, right hand placed under the shirt to quieten a throbbing heart.
A singular man
14
So what's the best way to quieten down people who can't zip it sweetie?
Radio NZ
15
It took much desk-banging to quieten the outrage that followed these not unexpected revelations.
Anno Dracula
16
The man only told the Haverly boys to quieten down.
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
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Translations for quieten
Quieten through the time
Quieten across language varieties
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