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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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