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Sentences starting with quiet

Quiet resignation under relinquishment of any thing he wanted was not in his line. [5]
Quiet night and pretty comfortable day, though our sail and block show signs of failing, and need taking down--which latter is something of a job, as it requires the climbing of the mast. [5]
Quiet and pale ordinarily, his clear russet-brown hair falling in a wave over his forehead, when roused, he seemed like some delicate engine made to do great labours. [11]
Quiet being restored, Mr. Billings requested, somewhat vehemently, that the case be transferred on the exceptions to the Supreme Court, that the stenographer write out the evidence, and that he might have three weeks in which to prepare a draft. [9]
Quiet for some minutes, and that was grateful to my spirit, for then my fears began to go down; and fears are worse than pains--oh, much worse. [5]
Quiet one hour like a mill-pond or a well, and then--swhish, he's blazin'! [11]
Quiet beauty--sweet music--innocent laughter! [13]
Quiet talking was heard. [2]
Quiet days would begin early the next morning, and on Saturday a new, fruitful life in the service of the only true word, Art, divine Art, would commence for him. [10]
Quiet ensued. [5]

Sentences ending with quiet

Secondly, these missionaries would gradually, and without creating suspicion or exciting alarm, introduce a rudimentary cleanliness among the nobility, and from them it would work down to the people, if the priests could be kept quiet. [5]
The Cure viewed with consternation the invasion of their quiet. [11]
Mrs. Horn's rooms were large, and they never seemed very full, though this perhaps was because people were always so quiet. [8]
Carnac replied he was standing firm, that he would not yield a cent increase in wages, and that, so far, all was quiet. [11]
Down below all was quiet. [10]
The church itself was not more quiet. [12]
Presently, indeed, it was beyond my power, and I could only smile feebly at my Lord when I heard Dolly asking him that the hostlers might be more quiet. [9]
All that he wanted was to settle down and be quiet. [5]
The house was very still, and the far-off, muffled rumble of omnibuses and cabs gave a background of dignity to this interior peace and luxurious quiet. [11]
When it came upon us, all was peace and quiet. [7]

Short sentences using quiet

How quiet it was! [10]
Be quiet, I tell you! [2]
But all was still quiet. [2]
Will you be quiet? [12]
I'll keep it quiet. [9]
Clams always lie quiet. [5]
She was very quiet. [12]
It is all quiet. [11]
Will you be quiet, Luigi! [5]
It was very quiet inside. [11]

Sentences containing quiet two or more times

But they began to notice that some streets were quiet and clean, and, though never so quiet and clean as Boston streets, that they wore an air of encouraging reform, and suggested a future of greater and greater domesticity. [8]
He was not the only one worn out with the mad chase in Prince George Street, and preferred a quiet evening with a quiet beauty to the crowded lists of Miss Manners. [9]
That was England, the English power, the English civilization, the modern civilization--with the quiet elegancies and quiet colors and quiet tastes and quiet dignity that are the outcome of the modern cultivation. [5]
He made the sign of the cross, and was quiet, so quiet! [11]
He had the same quiet smile, the same quiet humour, the same calm acceptance of life. [9]
Be quiet, be quiet, be quiet, I tell you!... [2]
Having attributed the quiet of Baddeck on Sunday to religion, we did not know to what to lay the quiet on Monday. [4]
And his brother's pretty quiet, and them four witnesses that lied so and got paid for it, they're pretty quiet. [5]
An unusual quiet possessed the village, although it was ordinarily quiet enough, in all conscience. [5]
If I do not do your bidding, I shall have you awake all night, and wandering about to-morrow as if in a dream.--There, be quiet, be quiet, I am going. [10]

More example sentences with the word quiet in them

If you let your hand tremble so, we can never get away from them, but if you're only quiet now, we shall do so, easily. [12]
For the rest, you shall keep a quiet tongue, eh? [11]
My advice to you is to keep quiet, and we may have a comedy worth seeing. [9]
This almost unnatural, yet quiet, intensity had behind it something besides the mere spirit of the sportsman. [11]
Again that day, yes, twice again, she stole back to the old chapel, and in her former seat read from the same book, or indulged the same quiet train of thought. [12]
Thenceforward for sixty-one years, and until, in 1848, the last scrap of this Territory came into the Union as the State of Wisconsin, all parties acted in quiet obedience to this ordinance. [7]
Many a young writer will recall his words of encouragement at some period in his own career when the quiet appreciation of one meant more to him than did later the loud applause of many. [4]
I thought I would just look around, meantime, in a quiet way, and make up my mind. [5]
But then, perhaps, would come a letter from some quiet body in some out-of-the-way place, which showed me that I had said something which another had often felt but never said, or told the secret of another's heart in unburdening my own. [6]
I knew she would be solicitous about what he might do down here, so I did it to quiet her and to comfort her. [5]
Her quiet, gentle words, few though they might be, were evidently grateful to those Yorkshire ears. [14]
Passionate as his words were, his manner was strangely quiet, but his white and glistening face and his burning eyes showed how deep was his anger. [11]
A tall, quiet woman, who had learned the lesson of mothers,--how to wait and how to pray, how to be silent with a clamouring heart. [9]
The quiet confidence with which he spoke aroused, suddenly, a twinge of antagonism. [9]
All seems well with us, and everything is quiet just now. [7]
She approached Pierre with slow, quiet steps. [2]
I kept quiet, with my ears cocked, about fifteen minutes, I reckon. [5]
He was startled with a piece of information which gave him such an exquisite pang of delight that he could hardly keep the usual quiet of his demeanor. [6]
Now, mention your wish; my heart is as calmly quiet as the Nile waters which are flowing by so quietly, and I am ready to hear it, be it good or evil. [10]
Like every other wish of her son, Barbara had fulfilled with quiet indulgence his desire that she would not again enter the Netherlands and Ghent. [10]
They lived that winter in a quiet corner of Chelsea, No. [5]
There is a wild creature under that long yellow pin which serves as brooch for the bombazine cuirass,--a wild creature, which I venture to say would leap in his cage, if I should stir him, quiet as you think him. [6]
How this brother, whose temper was very mild and quiet and retiring--such as Mr Abel's--was greatly beloved by the simple people among whom he dwelt, who quite revered the Bachelor (for so they called him), and had every one experienced his charity and benevolence. [12]
As men meet who parted yesterday, Kaid, Nahoum, and David met, but Kaid's first quiet words to David had behind them a world of meaning: "I also have come back, Saadat, to whom be the bread that never moulds and the water that never stales! [11]
That was Judge Whipple, on his way to spend a quiet Sunday with Colonel Carvel. [9]
The room in which she mostly lived was above the corner of the quiet street, and might have been more aptly called a sitting-room than a salon. [9]
With the pain, which had spoiled many good hours for me, the quiet had brought me something more to the purpose-thoughts and plans. [10]
The quiet longing which had mastered him was transformed into passionate yearning, but he restrained it by exerting all the strength of will peculiar to him, for a voice within cried out that he was too insignificant for this marvellous maiden. [10]
That living quiet which descends upon a house when the midday meal and work are done came suddenly home to her, in contrast to the turmoil in her mind and being. [11]
Under the porch, where she had sat when Heaven in its mercy brought her to that peaceful spot, she passed again; and the old church received her in its quiet shade. [12]
We agreed that when she wanted bustle, or when I wanted quiet, we were to let each other know, and exchange visits as occasion required. [14]
But you see when people have been getting ready for months in a quiet way to get married, they are bound to grow stingy, and go to saving up money against that awful day when it is sure to be needed. [5]
The next morning, when I sallied out to hire a conveyance, I was an object of interest to the entire population, who seemed to think it very odd that any one should walk about and explore the quiet streets. [4]
Every orator knows when he is beating the air, even when his audience is quiet and apparently attentive. [11]
At a moment when all was quiet before the commencement of a song, a door leading to the stalls on the side nearest the Rostovs' box creaked, and the steps of a belated arrival were heard. [2]
She saw with what quiet Michel bore his arrest, and she said to herself, as the last halberdier vanished: "If the Queen do but speak with him, if she but look upon his face and hear his voice, she must needs deal kindly by him. [11]
I met a western man at the club and asked him about western resorts, quiet ones. [9]
How many tears were shed over those coffins which contained the earthly remains of many a young life once rich in hopes and glowing with warm enthusiasm, many a quiet heart which had throbbed joyously for man's noblest possession! [10]
The companion mansions were closed, their blinds tightly drawn; the neighbourhood was as quiet as the country, save for a slight but persistent noise that impressed itself on my consciousness. [9]
However, the Judge went periodically to his friend's for a quiet Sunday dinner (so called in derision by St. Louisans), on which occasions Virginia sat at the end of the table and endeavored to pour water on the flames when they flared up too fiercely. [9]
So long as we were on the Nile, I would not intrude my tale upon you; that ancient river has a wonderful power of compelling to silence and quiet contemplation. [10]
In this quiet way he had passed the two years of residence in Dresden, the year divided between Brussels and the Hague, and a very tranquil year spent at Vevay on the Lake of Geneva. [6]
How still it was, the home of Elise standing apart in the quiet fields! [11]
The new residence was to afford me an opportunity to lead a lonely, quiet life with my mother and my books, which latter, however, were only to be used in moderation. [10]
Old Magor's face was quiet, if a little haggard; and his eyes looked out from under his shaggy brows piercingly. [11]
Sometimes, when all was quiet, and the clock from the distant cathedral of Granada struck the midnight hour, I have sallied out on another tour and wandered over the whole building; but how different from my first tour! [4]
The whole village was proud of Euthymia, and with these more quiet signs of grief were mingled loud lamentations, coming alike from old and young. [6]
His daughter's presence was probably due to that of the guests quartered in his home, especially Cordula, whom, since she disturbed the peace of his quiet household night after night, he regarded as the personification of restlessness and reckless freedom. [10]
After this it was perfectly quiet, and brought a measure of corn to the man-tamer, without showing the least disposition to strike with the feet or hit from the shoulder. [6]
Though his demeanor was perfectly quiet and modest, he carried the air of good-fellowship. [4]
Kutuzov's general expression was one of concentrated quiet attention, and his face wore a strained look as if he found it difficult to master the fatigue of his old and feeble body. [2]
The royal standard was not floating from the tower of the castle, and everything was quiet and lonely. [6]
If Mrs. Armour was not exactly sympathetic with her, she was quiet and forbearing, and General Armour, like Richard, tried to draw her out--but not on the same subjects. [11]
How quiet it was inside when her light supper was eaten, bread and beans and pea-soup--she had got this from her French mother. [11]
How quiet it was in the square in those late autumn days, and yet not lifeless by any means! [4]
Troubled as I was in mind and body, the thought of Helene's quiet heroism upheld me through it all. [9]
To Louis she was ever the same, affectionate, gentle, and unselfish; but her stronger soul ruled him without his knowledge, commanded his perturbed spirit into the abstracted quiet and bitter silence wherein he lived, and which she sought to cheer by a thousand happy devices. [11]
Sometimes this quiet was broken by bitter news from France, of fresh persecution, and fresh struggle on the part of the Huguenots. [11]
A cheerful fire was blazing on the hearth, the lamp burnt brightly, my clock received me with its old familiar welcome; everything was quiet, warm and cheering, and in happy contrast to the gloom and darkness I had quitted. [12]
Not until he was alone in the quiet cabin did the sense of joy in his first great success overpower him afresh. [10]
So when it was all quiet, he says: "There ain't much left, only this. [5]
In the tone was a quiet certainty suggesting that she would not hesitate to answer. [11]
On their faces was a quiet and solemn look. [2]
When the slow voice ceased, and the room became still, she lay quiet for a moment, letting the new thing find secure lodgment in her thought; then, suddenly, she raised herself and threw her arms round her mother in a passion of affection. [11]
She had been visiting Mrs. Charles Dudley Warner, but by the physician's advice had been removed to the comfort and quiet of her own home, only a few steps away. [5]
Leaving him to visions, in which perhaps the quiet figures we quitted in the old church porch were not without their share, be it our task to rejoin them as they sat and watched. [12]
And he had visions of a quiet dinner with Richter under the trees at the beer-garden, where he could talk about Abraham Lincoln. [9]
Tom discovered Charing Village presently, and rested himself at the beautiful cross built there by a bereaved king of earlier days; then idled down a quiet, lovely road, past the great cardinal's stately palace, toward a far more mighty and majestic palace beyond--Westminster. [5]
The day being very warm and the street a quiet one, the windows were wide open; and it was easy to hear through the Venetian blinds all that passed inside. [12]
The foreman was very quiet, but I could see that there was danger in his eye, and the exclamations of the men satisfied me that they were planning an inter- municipal difficulty. [11]
It was a very quiet place, as such a place should be, save for the cawing of the rooks who had built their nests among the branches of some tall old trees, and were calling to one another, high up in the air. [12]
I am a very quiet man, Miss Cynthia. [6]
They have been very quiet as yet, because they mean to surprise you. [12]
The horse was very quiet all the time, he did not move. [5]
She was a very little, thin old woman, quick and quiet and watchful--his housekeeper. [11]
She lay down, very gently, and, with a quiet smile upon her face, fell into a slumber. [12]
He said: "'Times, ver' quiet, ver' soft, like summer night, but when she mad she blaze. [5]
He made this valley, so quiet now, a reeking slaughter-pen. [5]
He was quiet, urbane, dry-mannered, at all times. [11]
Ain't I come upstairs to quiet you when yo' mammy ain't had no power ovah yo'? [9]
She smiled, got up, came over, laid a hand on his arm, and said: "It's quiet and nice here, Carnac dear," and she looked up ravishingly in his face. [11]
My time is up, and if you'll keep quiet for two minutes I'll tell you something about Miss Herts, the woman who conceived this splendid idea. [5]
Why not give up the adventure, and come to this quiet, and this good peace, so shutting out the stir and violence of the world? [11]
Then he pulled up sudden, and it got so quiet you could 'a heard a pin drop. [11]
I was pacing up and down, for it was a task to quiet the nerves in that dingy place with the gun-ports closed, when about three bells of the dog, Mr. Mease, the purser, appeared on the ladder. [9]
It is not unusual for a quiet country gentleman to be more taken with such a venture than a speculator who, has had more experience in its uncertainty. [5]
In quiet and untroubled times it seems to every administrator that it is only by his efforts that the whole population under his rule is kept going, and in this consciousness of being indispensable every administrator finds the chief reward of his labor and efforts. [2]
So he paused until all was quiet, then his face grew grave and assumed an impressive aspect, and at once all faces sobered in sympathy and took on a look of wondering and expectant interest. [5]
How hard, how unspeakably, terribly hard it was for this woman, with the youthful face and white locks, to remain quiet! [10]
The walls were unpainted, but turned by the slow action of sun and air and rain to a quiet dove or slate color. [6]
For they are unobtrusive, and quiet in their ways, and well conducted. [5]
He was quiet, unobtrusive, and only a fair scholar according to the standard of the College authorities. [6]
It was almost unnaturally quiet in the house and street; she heard nothing except the plashing of the rain. [10]
Everything was quiet under the blinking stars. [5]
Disease, dis-ease,--disturbed quiet, uncomfortableness,--means imperfect or abnormal reaction of the living system, and its more or less permanent results. [3]
It was called twelve miles, straight out to the islands--a long pull and a warm one--but the morning was so quiet and sunny, and the lake so smooth and glassy and dead, that we could not resist the temptation. [5]
The clang and tumult were still going on, and the remorseless fires were burning fiercely as before; for few changes of night and day brought rest or quiet there. [12]
And Pierre, without trying to change the other's views and without condemning him, but with the quiet, joyful, and amused smile now habitual to him, was interested in this strange though very familiar phenomenon. [2]
If that is true, he wishes to try Porto Rico, if it is a quiet place. [5]
It was a troublesome place to get down to, and not a quiet place when you arrived; but it was interesting. [5]

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