Explore Quieten through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like hush or quiet. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Quieten meaning
- To make quiet.
- To become quiet.
Synonyms of Quieten
Using Quieten
- The main meaning on this page is: To make quiet. | To become quiet.
- Useful related words include: hush, quiet, louden, still.
- In the example corpus, quieten often appears in combinations such as: to quieten, quieten the, and quieten.
Context around Quieten
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Quieten
- In this selection, "quieten" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, down, things and concerns stand out and add context to how "quieten" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include able to quieten the gaggle and apologise and quieten down so. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "quieten" sits close to words such as abad, abovementioned and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with quieten
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
One which helps me quieten my own busy mind. (9 words)
The consultant then asked him to quieten down, as he was trying to prevent the behaviour from escalating. (18 words)
Perhaps it is time for bosses to quieten things down and bring much-needed personality diversity to the workplace. (19 words)
When Osaka was awarded the trophy, she called out the audience for their booing, saying ‘let’s give everyone the credit where credit’s due…let’s not boo any more,’ and seemed to quieten the unruly crowd, demanding the respect Osaka deserved. (43 words)
The result will not be decisive either way in terms of the title race but there is no doubt that Beale needs a performance and a result to quieten his critics and win over some of his doubters at Ibrox. (40 words)
It’s what Menezes demanded from his players, too – start energetically, score an early goal and quieten the stands, which may be modest in size but can make the opposition quiver in their shoes with the noise they emanate. (39 words)
Example sentences (16)
One which helps me quieten my own busy mind.
The result will not be decisive either way in terms of the title race but there is no doubt that Beale needs a performance and a result to quieten his critics and win over some of his doubters at Ibrox.
It’s what Menezes demanded from his players, too – start energetically, score an early goal and quieten the stands, which may be modest in size but can make the opposition quiver in their shoes with the noise they emanate.
This is one of City's biggest games of the season and a full house will have to be bang up for it to quieten the noise around the ground.
Go multi-functional: An ottoman or a table with in-built storage is your cue to quieten the chaos of your cluttered abode.
In the case of the UUP, various leaders from 2010 onwards have fallen foul of attempts to quieten the din.
On occasion there was noise, and if I complained, they would apologise and quieten down, so we didn’t have an issue with this,” said Dr Makan.
Perhaps it is time for bosses to quieten things down and bring much-needed personality diversity to the workplace.
The consultant then asked him to quieten down, as he was trying to prevent the behaviour from escalating.
Tocilizumab is approved to quieten the chatter of immune molecules in rheumatoid arthritis and in some types of cancer.
He made the joke in January 2017 as he sought to quieten the chamber to allow then prime minister Mrs May to respond to a question.
She railed against the “nappies” she was forced to wear at night, but was still able to quieten the gaggle of great-grandchildren at her feet with nothing more than a loud whisper and a stern, if lopsided, look.
When Osaka was awarded the trophy, she called out the audience for their booing, saying ‘let’s give everyone the credit where credit’s due…let’s not boo any more,’ and seemed to quieten the unruly crowd, demanding the respect Osaka deserved.
At the time, such imagery was viewed as nationalistic and racially insensitive by the British music press; to quieten concerns, Blur released the "British Image 2" photo, which was "a camp restaging of a pre-war aristocratic tea party".
This caused family members to ask `Abdu'l-Bahá to quieten him down, a request which he apparently refused.
To quieten rumours of a fallout between Musharraf and Sharif, Sharif officially certified Musharraf's remaining two years of his term on 30 September.
Common combinations with quieten
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to quieten 13×
- quieten the 8×
- and quieten 2×
- quieten down 2×