What is "quieted"

Usage examples of "quieted".

He, Gorlot and another man Maxil said was Trenor appeared in the archway and the maskers quieted expectantly.

Toward the end of the wait Wingate had quieted down sufficiently again to take an interest in the expected reply to Jones' message, particularly after Jones had assured him that he would be able to spend the expected lay-over under bond at Luna City in a hotel equipped with a centrifuge.

So far no one seemed to have looked at him twice, but once they quieted down, Ford's well-known face would demand explanation.

But thinking this far had quieted the tremor in his hands and cured his dry mouth.

She raised her hand, and he quieted, though she could practically feel his resentment.

I think we got things quieted down before any of the convention crowd got wise.

THN ALWAYS DOES, he told them when they quieted and he could hold them against him.

Until the eye had passed and the symbiont had quieted, Killashandra wanted to avoid everyone, especially Lars.

Zane gave an odd little movement and she jiggled him gently, stroking his back m a reassurance that usually quieted him.

Many dissident voices were quieted only because the admiral was universally admired and the justice of his regime respected as fair and equable.

At the matron's side, but now prudently a step farther away, Drizzt quieted and stood perfectly still, biting down on his bottom lip.

Predictably, Regis soon began to complain about his sore feet and quieted only when they heard the sound of dwarven chatter some­where up ahead.

That quieted the creature, for it knew that Guenhwyvar recognized the truth of its existence, and knew that the angry panther could utterly destroy it.

Harkle proclaimed, but he quieted when he looked back to Robillard and saw tiny meteors erupting from the wizard's hand, shooting out to blast mini-fireballs among the zombie ranks.

Gradually, though, he calmed and quieted, and replaced his lack of general purpose with a short-term, specific goal.