verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
down
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I decided to stay where I was at the moment until things quietened down .
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About 4 am things quietened down , and we went home to get a spot of sleep.
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After I'd quietened down they left me alone.
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After Mosse died, things seemed to have quietened down .
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Of course, it quietens down later.
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David has mellowed and quietened down a great deal.
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It was strange but, since they'd started talking about getting rid of Donald, the baby had quietened down .
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He decided it was better to leave the library until the place had quietened down .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cardiff quietened Jimmy with a gesture that meant: Let him talk.
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Her travelling companions had quietened, as if some one in authority had arrived.
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I decided to stay where I was at the moment until things quietened down.
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In an attempt to quieten things down, executive producer George Harrison arranged for a press conference in London.
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Invent some reason to quieten old Nosy Salt.
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It didn't knock her unconscious, but at least it quietened her enough to let me get at Jules.
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The driver tried to quieten the horses as two screeching cats, fighting over some vermin, scurried out of the shadows.
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When one conceals matters, one does not necessarily quieten them.