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as in calmed
to free from distress or disturbance
the nanny tried to quieten the children with assurances that help was on its way
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Recent Examples of quietened
Arsenal kept the ball for another minute and quietened the home crowd to get a better feel for the game.
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Art De Roché, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
While the major protests from earlier this week have quietened, the country remains tense as troops patrol the city and efforts to put an interim government in place continue.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Art De Roché, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
While the major protests from earlier this week have quietened, the country remains tense as troops patrol the city and efforts to put an interim government in place continue.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quietened
Verb
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At Dilley, the 13-year-old calmed herself by drawing, producing haunting pictures of a girl locked inside gates.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
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Among the people in the cell, three suffered from very severe mental-health issues, and they would only be calmed down with heavy drugs.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Some shushed the crowds, urging them to be silent and reverent.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Jena asked, for which she was shushed), that was spotted and strong enough to kill a man.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Miscommunications soothed with a kiss (and maybe even an actually good proposal)!—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
26 Feb. 2026
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That’s thanks to an ingredient list stacked with hydrating glycerin and squalane, plus ceramides and cholesterol that, together, lock moisture in to keep skin smooth and soothed all day long.—
Sarah Felbin,
Allure,
25 Feb. 2026
Verb
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If there was any question about who the best team in the Eastern Conference is, the Detroit Pistons quieted all that noise for the third time Thursday.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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By Monday, the airport has quieted considerably.—
Rajesh Kumar Singh,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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Last year, many were convinced American politics would be destabilized by videos manipulated by artificial intelligence, or lulled into a post-truth stupor by AI slop.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Congress, meanwhile, has largely abdicated its regulatory role, lulled into inaction by Silicon Valley’s campaign dollars and lobbying power.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
1 Feb. 2026
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Walz rejected the idea that whistleblowers were silenced, saying the state maintains strong legal protections for employees who report misconduct.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Mar. 2026
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Environmental factors, developmental conditions in the womb, and epigenetics — the way genes are activated or silenced based on conditions — all shape an individual organism.—
Ryan Brennan
March 4,
Kansas City Star,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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And the Cubists picked up on that in the twentieth century and abstracted from his landscapes, making pure Cubist constructions in which the optical space on the canvas—very similar to Cezanne’s—was composed of little abstract blocks.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
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Next-gen thin-film solar cells Kesterite is a naturally occurring mineral composed of copper, zinc, tin, and sulfur (CZTS).—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Feb. 2026
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Inside, the rooms were intimate, jammed, dim, and hushed.—
Nicole Krauss,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Now, all is hushed and warm, and there is marble beneath our feet.—
Caroline Law,
TheWeek,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Quietened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quietened. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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