The great thing about poetry is it only takes a minute to stop and slow you down . . . to quieten down and take you somewhere.
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Occasionally the clappers have leather pads ( called " muffles " ) strapped around them to quieten the bells when practice ringing to avoid annoying the neighbourhood.
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Some birds may quieten down once nesting has begun or give softer calls as they are approached by people, or when they are settling down on the nest.
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In Wehdat camp in Jordan, a man shouted " silence " to quieten the customers in his vegetable shop as a news bulletin began on a satellite TV channel.
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And the taxi drivers and, if the police called to quieten us up, then the police would be invited in and they'd join the party too.
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However Trimble later came to the view that Blatherwick was not planning to sell out Ulster but was instead " looking for some formulation that would quieten things down ."
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The doctor asks why the two cases mean so much, but Linden quietens, demands to leave, and struggles against two orderlies who come in to restrain her.
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There were many calls for Vaughan's place in the side to be reassessed, nothing in Vaughan's 135 from six domestic innings in 2008 to quieten them.
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The banker lets slip that there is a place for Sir Humphrey on the bank's Board when he retires, but the Permanent Secretary is quick to quieten him.
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The Party leadership was faced with a choice between repressions on a massive scale and an amicable agreement that would give the workers what they wanted, and thus quieten the aroused population.
