QUIET in a Sentence

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For QUIET, below is one of 280 sentences:
Despite her heartache and the pain of unshed tears, a deep sense of quiet and peace fell upon Scarlett as it always did at this hour.

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 Meanings and Examples of QUIET
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
quiet
 a.  making little or no noise
 v.  make or become silent, calm, or still
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  For years that quiet company had mocked his restlessness, his desire for change and freedom.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  She needn't know anything about it if you keep quiet.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
3  To this retreat he descended as soon as the house was quiet, and Zeena's steady breathing from the bed had assured him that there was to be no sequel to the scene in the kitchen.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
4  The delay would give her time to quiet her breathing and calm her face so that his suspicions would not be aroused.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
5  Yet the serene half-light over Tara's well-kept acres brought a measure of quiet to her disturbed mind.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
6  Still there was no sign of Gerald on the quiet winding road.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
7  She did, and a sweet quiet thing she is, with never a word to say for herself, like a woman should be.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
8  Fury flamed in her, but Gerald waved her quiet with a hand.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
9  Gerald's voice was strangely quiet and he spoke slowly as if drawing his words from a store of thought seldom used.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
10  She was a tall woman, standing a head higher than her fiery little husband, but she moved with such quiet grace in her swaying hoops that the height attracted no attention to itself.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
11  His tall brothers were a grim, quiet lot, in whom the family tradition of past glories, lost forever, rankled in unspoken hate and crackled out in bitter humor.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
12  Despite her heartache and the pain of unshed tears, a deep sense of quiet and peace fell upon Scarlett as it always did at this hour.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
13  She wouldn't overlook a man of marriageable age, from ginger-whiskered old Frank Kennedy, who was Suellen's beau, on down to shy, quiet, blushing Charles Hamilton, Melanie's brother.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
14  On the porch steps stood John Wilkes, silver-haired, erect, radiating the quiet charm and hospitality that was as warm and never failing as the sun of Georgia summer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
15  If this fool who was grappling for her hand would only keep quiet for a moment, perhaps she could hear what they were saying.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
Example Sentence: (70 in 5 pages)
16  It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
17  Follow your heart, but be quiet for a while first.
18  Your sister is trying to read;please be quiet for her sake.
19  A person quiet a person cry movie clips, the whole world is sad.
20  She grew up in a quiet neighborhood of Boston.
21  OK, time-out, everyone, let's all quiet down and talk about this calmly.
22  After a quiet spell there was a sudden flurry of phone calls.
23  Rupert was a quiet type, not one to push himself forward.
24  I was rather quiet as I didn't feel I had much wisdom to impart on the subject.
25  I vaguely remember, you thin lips stuck on my forehead carefully,as if the whole world becomes quiet.
26  The only thing I can do is keep quiet and sit this one out.
27  Just sit quiet for a moment, there's a good boy.
28  My son was a quiet and gentle man who liked sports and enjoyed life.
29  Being a quiet sort of person, I didn't want to get involved.
30  Martin is a quiet, contemplative sort of chap.