quiet down

phrasal verb

quieted down; quieting down; quiets down

chiefly US

: to become quiet or quieter : to become calmer or less noisy

The children started to quiet down after dinner.

He told the crowd to quiet down.

Things are quieting down in town.

Examples of quiet down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But accepting a settlement generally required quieting down. —Jonathan Mattise, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024

The hoopla has mostly since quieted down, but the incident has also sparked ongoing conversations about the main underlying question: What age is too young to travel without adult supervision? —Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2024

Unfortunately, calls for diversity and inclusion tend to quiet down when industry players are facing a crisis. —Marta Balaga, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024

Japan's Daiki Hashimoto showed great sportsmanship during the men's gymnastics team final after gesturing to the stands and telling the audience to quiet down with his finger over his mouth on July 29. —Tanisha Bhat, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2024