| She started to laugh, the musical tones reverberating through the halls before quieting. |
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| She rocked me back and forth in her arms, much like quieting a restless babe. |
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| A few of our cast make their way along a now quieting Calle Atocha toward the station, bypassing a few sleazy dives as they go. |
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| They may try some quieting process, but we feel confident, knowing this people as we do, that our fall would not go unavenged. |
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| After quieting us students down, both teachers demonstrated how to make a proper lay-up. |
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| Her voice was slow but determined, the fires and winds quieting at the sound of her low voice. |
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| Another good way of quieting a busy mind is to look straight ahead and focus on something in the room. |
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| The engine roaring to life and quieting down to a soft purr. |
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| The poet touching all with cool, white fingers: soothing, quieting, calming all, saying, 'There's more than this coming, and here. |
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| The sequential character is known as an earthquake swarm, a phenomenon of periodic tremors that can continue for months or even a year before quieting. |
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| The rhythmic clink of armor could suddenly be heard through the storm's quieting howl, as if nature itself feared dominance in any way over this being. |
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| She flashes me a brief look of annoyance, quieting me, then changing her demeanor to once again calm and composed, she continues with her explanation. |
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| The easing of workplace tensions, the quieting of religious and racial intolerance, and the enhancement of personal selfrespect and respect for others can all combine to make for a more productive and harmonious civilisation. |
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| Jesus went about this world kindling faith, calming life, eliminating fear, quieting fevers, both in minds and bodies, bringing peace and order into disordered lives, heavy-laden souls, and troubled hearts. |
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| As a women's organizer, quieting the weeping of sick children and of mothers who have lost their children to water-borne disease is Ms. Etowa's passion and calling. |
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| Despite this, the practice was soon widely adopted, largely because there were few other therapeutic measures available at the time for quieting chronically agitated, delusional, self-destructive, or violent patients. |
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| Instead of quieting down, it has stepped up its protests. |
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| Given his track-record, his scholarship and integrity are not in question, but his judgment must be. These essays, far from quieting doubts, intensify them. |
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| At midseason they traded for Jon Lester and Jeff Samardzija, two established starters that give the team a chance of quieting the big bats on Detroit and Los Angeles. |
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| Modern scholars have suggested that the chōka may have originated as exorcisms of the dead, quieting the ghosts of recently deceased persons by reciting their deeds and promising that they will never be forgotten. |
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| Initially, you learn the basic lessons of letting go of effort in your muscles, getting to know different possibilities of breathing, quieting your mind and more. |
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| An athlete quieting a whole stadium is my favourite Olympic moment. |
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| Mr. David McGuinty: Thank you, Madam Chair, for quieting the jackals. |
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| Many of the skills learned can help parents deal effectively with their children when they are in difficult situations such as quieting a fussy child on an airplane. |
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