Example sentences for: quiet

How can you use “quiet” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Obviously taking her lead from Slate --see "Culturebox," "I Want My Electronic Baby Sitter!"--a NYT op-ed writer uses the recent anti-TV report by the American Academy of Pediatrics as a springboard to sing her praises to that ultimate babysitter--the one with the blue glow: "I fondly imagined my kids glazed-eyed, slack-jawed--and quiet.

  • If every new refinement since then in the quiet sapping of our national morale has earned a numerical "column," then by now, I estimate, we must be up somewhere close to "78 th column" (applied, maybe, to producers of the weekly network TV movies about bloody domestic mayhem) and "79 th column" (airplane passengers who bring carry-on luggage that they know won't fit into the overhead storage bins) or possibly even higher.

  • When finished, the Lilly House interior will reflect the quiet grandeur of its 1930s appearance during the early era of the Josiah K. Lilly Jr. family's occupancy.

  • It’s popular with locals, including students seeking a quiet bench for reading and citizens performing their morning tai chi exercises.

  • I could find no one INF who would withdraw to a private spot for a quiet interview; I just had to show up every afternoon and interview whichever authentic old-time Irish Channel male residents came in and agreed to talk there in the bar.


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