being quiet

Meaning

Being quiet means speaking little and keeping noise low to avoid disturbance. It can also mean staying calm, attentive, or respectful by holding back comments.

Synonyms

rustling veiling soughing

Antonyms

roaring bellowing visiting spreading repeating preaching
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Examples

I have a real problem with stillness. With just stopping and being quiet. Gillian Anderson

But being quiet and meditating on sound is something completely different and will be discovered very soon by a lot of people who feel that the visual world doesn't reach their soul anymore. Karlheinz Stockhausen

I waste at least an hour every day lying in bed. Then I waste time pacing. I waste time thinking. I waste time being quiet and not saying anything because I'm afraid I'll stutter. Ned Vizzini

Being quiet should be the default [when being questioned by the police]. Jay Leiderman

It is a process of discovery. It's being quiet enough and undisturbed enough for a period of time so that the songs can begin to sort of peek out, and you begin to have emotional experiences in a musical way. James Taylor

Being quiet is agreeing. Dutch Proverb

Words in the phrase

being quiet

Close letter words and terms

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