How to Use quiet in a Sentence

quiet

1 of 3 noun

• I need a little peace and quiet.
• Can I have some quiet here? I'm trying to study.
• The sky is fogged to white; the Bronx River ruffles the heavy quiet.
  — Jia Tolentino, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2021
• The men moved so slowly up the steps, their footfalls were clear in the quiet.
  — Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2021
• In the quiet of the library, Molina couldn’t raise his voice.
  — oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2021
• But there was one voice that cut through the quiet of a losing streak.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2023
• Pack in, pack out, and enjoy the peace and quiet of solitude.
  — J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine, 13 Apr. 2022
• Around me, the quiet is broken only by the whir of the cable car engine and the trilling of birds.
  — New York Times, 12 May 2022
• The rush of prospectors and the blasting of ore have given way to small towns comfortable in the quiet of the foothills.
  — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Apr. 2021
• To me, this record so much is about the starkness of the pandemic and what came up in that quiet, which is a very loud record.
  — Madison Feller, ELLE, 28 July 2022
• The geyser roared back to life in 2018 after decades of relative quiet.
  — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Mar. 2021
• The state’s silence has kept the county quiet on any new mask guidelines.
  — Jonathan Wosen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2021
• Some of those five are for families to play, while others are for teenagers to hang around with the friends and adults to chill out in the quiet.
  — Ann Abel, Forbes, 27 May 2021
• This is where my vivid memories come in: the absolute quiet of the park, the silence of the skies, and the emptiness of that walk.
  — Anna Wintour, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2021
• Less than 24 hours later, the streets of the small college town were hazy with frost and hushed in the quiet of a Sunday morning.
  — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 16 Jan. 2022
• On the bus ride home, Adams could sense an unusual quiet.
  — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2020
• To look at a full moon is to look for fullness in yourself, a glowing quiet in the spirit.
  — Gala Mukomolova, refinery29.com, 14 July 2022
• Annie Sanderson had grown to love the quiet of her home, set on the bend of a gravel road deep in the prairies, far from the heart of her reserve.
  — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Dec. 2022
• The thumping of a lone helicopter overhead broke the eerie quiet.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2020
• The former dance hall is gone, leaving a peaceful quiet in its wake.
  — Lukas Flippo, The Indianapolis Star, 2 July 2021
• So the quiet of the mountains this season is startlingly strange.
  — The Economist, 27 Feb. 2021
• The thrum of Francine’s swirling resentment, worry, and lust pierces the quiet that Jérôme’s murder was supposed to bring.
  — Lili Owen Rowlands, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2022
• The quiet of January offers me a moment to look back at the weeks that came before and make heads or tails of them all.
  — New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022
• The peace and quiet of summertime on campus belies the roaring chaos of the world outside.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2022
• Two clerks at a time stood, in twenty-minute shifts around the clock, for almost forty-eight hours, at the top of the courthouse steps during the day and in the quiet of the Great Hall overnight.
  — Jay Wexler, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2020
• The way his gaze left the table, the odd quiet from his seat, the indifference toward his dinner.
  — Taylor Goebel, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2020
• The loud crack, unheard by the outdoor public in six months, rang across the quiet of the giant panda habitat.
  — Washington Post, 20 May 2021
• Yet the effect is of the gentle quiet of snowfall, rather than the lethal frigidity of an icicle.
  — Claire Messud, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022
• The quick clean setting is the loudest but works the fastest, while night mode slowly filters the air and remains whisper quiet.
  — Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com, 13 Apr. 2022
• The sound of revving engines and shrieking tires reverberates across the city, disrupting the quiet of the wee hours.
  — Bradley Berman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2022

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quiet

2 of 3 adjective

• He spoke in a very quiet voice.
• He led a quiet life.
• Some days at the store are quieter than others.
• He's a very quiet person.
• During the morning, business was quiet.
• Surprisingly, the class was quiet.
• She has a quiet disposition.
• The area has been quiet since the early days of the war, but border guards are on alert.
  — Sergii Mukaieliants, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
• Where the streets are quiet and the pubs (nine of them) are lively, and the roads don’t have traffic lights.
  — Claire Moses, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• The quiet in the building and the low midafternoon light give the place a slightly spooky, fun house vibe.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 31 May 2023
• Taking the first pitch, Keefe stepped up to the plate with quiet confidence and sealed the deal.
  — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023
• The turn is that 25 years after Google Search first arrived, the name says the quiet part out loud.
  — Mia Sato, The Verge, 26 Oct. 2023
• How did a genre that largely ruled the last decade end up having such a quiet start to the year on the charts?
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 12 June 2023
• The steering is light, the cabin is quiet at highway cruise, and the ride verges on plush.
  — Arthur St. Antoine, Car and Driver, 18 June 2023
• Why not start small and commit to at least one night at home each week to enjoy the quiet.
  — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
• But on many desks, experts agree, the quiet culprit is your mouse.
  — WSJ, 14 Sep. 2023
• Just as some diners crave peace and quiet, others want to get a nice meal with their young charges — a.k.a.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
• It was ranked the quietest hair dryer brush, has a long cord and was the only winner with a wrap for storage.
  — Dori Price, Good Housekeeping, 19 July 2023
• Some old-timers would tough it out in tennis shoes to be extra quiet while walking through the woods.
  — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 13 Mar. 2024
• Lie down or sit in a quiet place, close your eyes, and tense the muscles in your toes and feet for five seconds, then release.
  — Lisa Bain, Good Housekeeping, 26 May 2023
• All of it anchored by the quiet charisma that comes with that collar-and-scarf combo.
  — Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2023
• The friends enjoyed a quiet dinner, as well as a pitcher of sangria.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2023
• Matthew was a quiet and reserved child, his father said.
  — Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 11 Nov. 2023
• On a Sunday morning, the place was empty save for one family, and the air was quiet.
  — Mya Guarnieri, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
• Find a new book and a quiet spot, or check out the activities calendar and join in.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 20 June 2023
• The town gets very quiet… The first thing is to have the resolve within yourself to not just let the first wave of resistance dissuade you.
  — William Earl, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
• Gillis has the ball, the crowd’s chanting, and now Gillis is shooting and scoring and the crowd is absolutely quiet.
  — Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Jan. 2024
• Funny how, after four days of back-to-back performances, the quietest parts echo the loudest.
  — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2023
• Long before the words quiet luxury were ever uttered, The Row established itself as the archetype of anonymous chic.
  — Alexis Bennett Parker, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2024
• Ants appeared to slow down or stop moving, and even domestic chickens responded—hens gathered together and got quiet, while roosters crowed.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024

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quiet

3 of 3 verb

• Of course, there were gardens and labyrinths to quiet the mind, open the heart and ground the body.
  — Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
• The homeowner told his guests to quiet down for the evening.
  — cleveland, 29 June 2022
• Will the Seahawks be able to quiet the hype with a win at home?
  — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2022
• Tonight: Clouds hold through the night, but showers and storms should quiet down by late in the evening.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 7 July 2022
• Don’t quiet-quit your job and force the company to fire you.
  — Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2022
• Relax, enjoy the breath, quiet the mind, and connect with the present.
  — Dulce Moncada, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2023
• One key to quieting the boom comes from the plane’s design.
  — Monica Rodman, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
• The fan rotates on its base to cool a wide swath of the room, and there's a night setting to quiet the machine's noise.
  — Amber Nolan, Treehugger, 10 July 2023
• The key is to quiet everything else around us and focus on Him.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 11 July 2022
• One was a trip to Walmart, to quiet their classmates’ taunts over their thrift-shop clothes.
  — Jason Deparle, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022
• One of the best quarterbacks of all-time Chiefs coach Andy Reid isn’t quieting the hype.
  — Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2024
• The room quieted as a CSX worker hustled to the whiteboard and began to write.
  — Dan Schwartz, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2023
• In June, the City Council introduced two bills to quiet the sirens.
  — Yessenia Funes, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2023
• Some tried to quiet the shouts, pleading that the night was about reverence for the people who died.
  — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Dec. 2022
• In the second half, Spears danced around the perimeter, picking his spot and draining a jumper from the elbow and telling the UConn crowd to quiet down.
  — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2022
• As if in its design, faced with such immense grandeur before it, the mind quiets.
  — Matthew Askari, Men's Health, 19 Apr. 2023
• Furthermore, will the Bengals’ defense shut down the hype and quiet down the Bills’ offense?
  — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 30 Dec. 2022
• Grumet and others doubt those facts will quiet some of the allegations about wind and whales.
  — Ella Nilsen, CNN, 21 July 2023
• Tonight: Some storms could linger into the evening, but after sunset, things quiet down and skies clear.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 21 July 2022
• Sunny Hills used a team effort to quiet a Canyon offense that netted 20 goals in the first round of the playoffs.
  — Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 11 Feb. 2024
• The banging of the gavel did little to quiet Macek or the other attendees.
  — Nicole Carr, ProPublica, 29 June 2023
• But as soon as the Black Lives Matter chants quieted in the streets, so did their rabid support.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 23 Jan. 2024
• Meanwhile, in the primary bedroom, the walls are lined in white felt, supple and quiet as fresh Alpine snow.
  — Howard Christian, ELLE Decor, 24 May 2023
• As Morgan gushed over her roommate’s achievements, Wambach held up a hand to quiet her.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
• To dampen the vibrations and quiet the room, set the item on a thick piece of dense foam rubber, such as a home-gym floor mat or horse-stall mat.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 31 May 2023
• From candles to a gua sha tool to body lotion, The White Company helps give that rare moment of peace and quiet back.
  — Catharine Malzahn, Good Housekeeping, 27 Oct. 2022
• The overall result is a space that isn’t quite as tomb-like as the Taycan, but is extremely calming and quiet just the same.
  — Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2023
• By then, the state’s crackdown had largely quieted the protests.
  — Azadeh Moaveni, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
• The Tennessee nurse stayed quiet in hopes that her silence would quiet false claims of her death.
  — Nbc News Digital Art Department, NBC news, 21 Dec. 2023
• His response likely did little to quiet the discourse that popped up as soon as the film was announced and has dragged on for months on social media, podcasts, YouTube videos and blogs.
  — Rick Rojas, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024