quieten down

verb

quietened down; quietening down; quietens down

British

: to become quiet or quieter

The children started to quieten down after dinner.

Examples of quieten down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The policeman began to push aside the crowd, which had quietened down. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026

As kick-off time nears, the samba beat quietens down and the players turn to prayer. — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 14 June 2026

Things later quietened down and by early Thursday only a few demonstrators and law enforcement officers remained at the scene. — Steve Karnowski, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026

The vet tried a range of tricks to quieten down Pomelo—including turning on the faucet, dipping her feet in water, and gently tapping her nose—but nothing worked. — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for quieten down

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown