Quiesce (Verb)
Meaning
Become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered".
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Examples
- The room was filled with an unsettling energy, but as the night wore on, the crowd began to quiesce, allowing for a sense of peace to settle.
- As the politician took the stage, the murmurs of dissent quiesced, replaced by rapt attention.
- The noise from the construction site began to quiesce as the workers packed up for the day, grateful for a few hours of rest.
- In the silence, the trees' rustling leaves seemed to quiesce, adding to the eerie stillness of the night.
- As the firework celebration came to a close, the cheers and laughter of the crowd began to quiesce, leaving behind a sense of joyful exhaustion.