quieten

Preposition: for

moment: If he'd just quieten for a moment, we'd be finished up in no time and he'd get his milk.

Object

• crowd: To come here and quieten the crowd was the first thing I wanted to do - and I thought we did that very professionally.
• mind: A few minutes should then be given to ensure physical relaxation & a quietened mind.
• thing: Once things quietened down, we climbed back into the camp; it was a scene of total devastation.
• fan: Roll on the next software upgrade although I don't think it is going to quieten the fan.
• hubbub: In prayer we quieten the hubbub of the day and hear a deeper part of ourselves instead.
• noise: The " rush " sound, much like a constant sound of the sea, is normal and any received signal quietens this noise.

Particle object:

• bit: Once I've written down where the story should be going it quietens down a bit.
• lot: I've quietened down a lot in the years since.

Modifying Another Word

• down: Never the less, the room did quieten down to catch the groovy lyrics.
• soon: He fled inside, the other guests on the poolside laughing loudly, then everyone soon quietened down.
• then: My aches and pains became severe, and then quietened down again.
• not: There were lots of people in for lunch, and the chatter did not quieten down until later.
• again: By early 1913 things had quietened down again in the House.
• considerably: Everyone is aware that from early '45 ' onwards German resistance rapidly crumbled and from our point of view matters quietened down considerably.