quietly close

Frequency: 8.220.1 per million words

To close something making little or no sound.

closeADVERB + VERB (door, book, eyes, etc.)

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quietly

Examples (10)

  • Please quietly close the door so you don't wake the baby.
  • He quietly closed the lid of the cookie jar, hoping no one heard.
  • She always quietly closes the gate behind her when she leaves for her morning run.
  • When you leave the library, you will need to quietly close the main doors.
  • Could you quietly close the window? There's a draft.
  • Tiptoeing out of the room, he was careful to quietly close the heavy wooden door.
  • She quietly closed the book, lost in thought about the story's ending.
  • Visitors are requested to quietly close the door to the exhibition hall.
  • After checking that everyone was asleep, she had quietly closed her laptop and gone to bed.
  • He tried to quietly close the squeaky cabinet, but it made a loud noise anyway.