How to Use quiet down in a Sentence

quiet down

phrasal verb
Definition of quiet downnext
  • Step out and dry off when your cough starts to quiet down.
    — Jessica Migala, Health, 19 June 2024
  • After the party quiets down a little, the two friends go to a booth.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 8 May 2024
  • Egger was so livid over the final vote that a deputy had to ask him to quiet down.
    — Gregory S. Schneider, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2023
  • However, for the next four weeks, things will quiet down a bit.
    — Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 20 May 2024
  • The family remained in the area, and things quieted down a bit.
    — Jessica B. Harris, Southern Living, 13 May 2024
  • The family remained in the area, and things quieted down a bit.
    — Jessica B. Harris, Southern Living, 7 June 2023
  • Other adults would tell Brown to quiet down, to stop putting on shows and making up stories.
    — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The best time to see most of these creatures is in the fall, when the park quiets down and the animals make their winter preparations.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2023
  • In a video obtained by TMZ, Lopez can be heard giving three chances for the crowd to quiet down before leaving.
    — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 10 June 2024
  • No calm after the storm People are used to things quieting down after a big storm comes through.
    — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
  • Based on reports dating all the way back to the 1500s, researchers can expect breeding birds to quiet down during the eclipse, Pease said.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Things may have quieted down in the commercial real estate world, but offices are not in the clear.
    — Byalena Botros, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
  • At one point, Travis was seen trying to quiet down the excited crowd so his brother could focus on his swing.
    — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024
  • Once the memorial quiets down, Jackson wants to write a guide to help other cities cope with the aftermath of mass shootings.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
  • Things are finally quieting down in my house to the point where little pieces of myself are coming back.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 24 June 2024
  • When the OpenAI chaos finally quieted down last week, the media was quick to name winners.
    — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Yet often, after a while, the voices quiet down and the streets empty out—either by force, or from attrition.
    — Han Zhang, The New Yorker, 11 June 2024
  • Another siren goes off, and the hallway quiets down as water stops flowing.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The gathering of bird data tends to quiet down in the summer, after spring migration.
    — Elaine Chen, New York Times, 21 June 2023
  • Her brothers were encouraged to speak up while she was expected to quiet down.
    — Zameena Mejia, refinery29.com, 22 July 2024
  • While the current uproar might soon quiet down, Kimmel has forced a magnifying glass over the show, which will remain.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2024
  • They have been asked to quiet down by instructors and the other participants.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2024
  • What before was like this wild like sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, is now quieting down.
    — New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • One of the parents reportedly approached Jean-Pierre and asked him to quiet down, according to police.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Your imposter syndrome should quiet down very soon as well, giving you more confidence.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Once a module prevails, the others quiet down for a moment, and the winner places its information into a set of common variables: the workspace.
    — George Musser, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Active oil and gas fields are also much busier than wind farms, which tend to quiet down after construction, with lots of undeveloped space between the turbines.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The crowd erupted in cheers as the 49ers entered the field a few minutes before kickoff, quickly quieting down, punctuated by some boos, as the rival Chiefs players entered the field.
    — Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Loud crashes and raised voices heard by neighbors quieted down by 8 a.m., after which footsteps could be heard going down the stairs, Lupski said.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Things briefly quieted down when the two decided to continue working on the relationship, per the report.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024

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