| As the noise levels grew again, two women came in from the bar area and the whole place quietened down again. |
| It's not so much that I've quietened down, as that I've channelled my energies into things that are more productive than out-and-out hedonism. |
| He was a bit of a joker, a bit loud and lairy at times but he quietened down once he got into his religion. |
| That restricted her family time, but the outstanding results she achieved quietened their mild complaints. |
| But as the shark moves casually past my terror is finally quietened, my body flooded instead by a feeling I can only describe as wonder. |
| They quietened down after that, but then I couldn't sleep for a while because I don't like altercations or upsets of any kind. |
