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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
quieten .
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Examples
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The baby quietens quickly, as though he has had a bad dream and forgotten it already.
The Mistress of Nothing Kate Pullinger 2009
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All you have to do is set up a Google news alert with the search term “transit” and you will get a page full of links to US local news sources bewailing the current crisis of transit there every weekday morning it quietens down at weekends.
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I love it because for me everything quietens down.
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Emotionally drained by the orgasmic power buzz of his thieving, ripping, crushing performance, Broon invariably quietens and, trancelike, becomes his father, standing at his presbie pulpit.
PLay The Brown Game Newmania 2007
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The baby quietens quickly, as though he has had a bad dream and forgotten it already.
The Mistress of Nothing Kate Pullinger 2009
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All you have to do is set up a Google news alert with the search term “transit” and you will get a page full of links to US local news sources bewailing the current crisis of transit there every weekday morning it quietens down at weekends.
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Everything quietens down, Obama declares victory and can start pulling troops out before 18 months are up.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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The baby quietens quickly, as though he has had a bad dream and forgotten it already.
The Mistress of Nothing Kate Pullinger 2009
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The baby quietens quickly, as though he has had a bad dream and forgotten it already.
The Mistress of Nothing Kate Pullinger 2009
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I hope Nicole is great in this film and quietens the naysayers for awhile.
Must Watch: Second Full Trailer for Baz Luhrmann's Australia « FirstShowing.net 2008
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