Quieter

Examples

• He was quieter now. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• He was never ostracized--his prestige with the quieter citizens saved him from that; but he was attacked with increasing boldness and steadfastness. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• And then, nobody need to have a quieter death nor he had. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I have seen him, speaking from the front of his mouth with almost no movement of his lips in the way that is quieter than any whisper. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Ada and I, prepared to miss him very much, commenced our quieter career. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• How long do you give me, he asked, putting his third question in a quieter tone, before the clock strikes and the seal is broken? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Mrs. Robert was quieter like. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And the violent striking of blood in his chest was sinking quieter, allowing his mind to come back. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Jane was as much gratified by this as her mother could be, though in a quieter way. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Their personal bearing, he says further, is quieter and more dignified than that of the townsmen of Turkestan and Persia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I shall relinquish all my young people in another six months, and lead a quieter life. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• You had spoken, before leaving us, of moving into a quieter neighbourhood and purer air, for the sake of Laura's health. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He too seemed, by his manners, to have entered a little more on the way of humility; he was quieter, and less self-asserting. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• But if Briar Chapel seemed alive, so also did Briarmains, though certainly the mansion appeared to enjoy a quieter phase of existence than the temple. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She sobbed on desperately; then the outpour lessened, and she became quieter. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It had struck him a few minutes before that she was looking paler and quieter than she used to look. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I wondered whether he could be a doctor; but no, I thought; he couldn't be a doctor, or he would have a quieter and more persuasive manner. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Only he knew his heart was getting quieter. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• They did not come again and it was quieter and between the gusts of wind and rain we could hear the sound of a great bombardment far to the north. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• It had a quieter look than any other place of the same description they had passed, and, though red with patriotic caps, was not so red as the rest. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• But usually, darling, they're much quieter. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• We found it quieter than I had previously seen it, though quite as miserable. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I'm dying for tea--but isn't there a quieter place? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I could not see the lake, only the dark and the rain but the wind was quieter. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Nobody at the moment was quieter than myself. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• They were quieter now, owing to the absence of man, but as they scented me they became more restless and their hideous noise increased. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.

Edited by Charlene