go quiet

Frequency: 7.210.0 per million words

To become quiet, often implying a change in mood.

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Examples (10)

  • Suddenly the room went all quiet.
  • Everyone went awfully quiet after the news.
  • The children quickly went quiet when their mother entered.
  • He tends to go quiet when he's upset.
  • The usually boisterous crowd went completely quiet during the solemn ceremony.
  • If you say something controversial, the whole table might go quiet.
  • She had been talking animatedly, but then she suddenly went quiet.
  • The engine sputtered and then went quiet, leaving them stranded.
  • Please go quiet now; the performance is about to begin.
  • The forest goes quiet just before a storm hits.