The volcano erupted after centuries of quiescence. From LearnThat.org.
Repairing this damage would require at least a decade of relative quiescence, which is nowhere in sight. From Wordnik.com. [Michael T. Klare: The Blowback Effect: 2020] Reference
At the moment, he had been stunned into a kind of quiescence; now his nerves throbbed and tingled. From Wordnik.com. [Maurice Guest] Reference
Now it is a crisis that is in quiescence, if you will. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 8, 2005] Reference
There was an intense quiescence in his whole presence. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
His attitude expressed nothing but extreme quiescence, yet. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
You also suggest the bond market is going to be quiescence. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 6, 2005] Reference
Today's relative fiscal quiescence masks a pending tsunami. From Wordnik.com. [The World in 2030] Reference
The Tenor's habitual quiescence seemed to have deserted him. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
His breathing stopped as he entered a quiescence beyond sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Back From the Dead] Reference
The period of old Toryism or legislative quiescence (1800-38). ii. From Wordnik.com. [Recent Developments in European Thought] Reference
Israel is not going to crush three million Palestinians into quiescence. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 14, 2002] Reference
Even with El Sabio reduced to this condition of complete quiescence, the. From Wordnik.com. [The Aztec Treasure-House] Reference
Sampei's tone was so abrupt and harsh to startle the child into quiescence. From Wordnik.com. [Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2] Reference
His quiescence seemed ironical and treacherous, it fitted so poorly with his looks. From Wordnik.com. [The Short-story] Reference
But diplomatic and public quiescence was disturbed when the United States war vessel. From Wordnik.com. [Great Britain and the American Civil War] Reference
Perfect health supposes not a state of mere quiescence, but of positive enjoyment in living. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866] Reference
Admiralty, more warmly opposed the doctrine of quiescence propounded by the Duke of Richmond. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
There is no retirement, no retreat, no licking of wounds, no quiescence, or solitude for Black. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Wolff: Conrad Black Is My Hero] Reference
Before him, in hue and quiescence was a statue in stone -- in all other respects, a human being. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
Man believes in immortality and yet seems to contemplate it as a state of stagnation and quiescence. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of a Turkish Bath] Reference
The third had surfaced after years of quiescence, primarily, it seemed, to discredit a minor investigator. From Wordnik.com. [Come To Grief]
The quiescence of the Government excited remonstrance even from advanced Radicals like Mr. Leonard Courtney. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
And then it's ultimately going to get to where Parkinson's ends up, which is just freezing -- just quiescence. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2009] Reference
Louis had hoped to avoid any use of arms and to coerce his rebellious nobles into quiescence by other methods. From Wordnik.com. [Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477] Reference
Conqueror in his triumphal return to Normandy, as a hostage and guarantee for the quiescence of his countrymen. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 44, August 31, 1850] Reference
When at last Owen roused the girl, who had sobbed herself into quiescence in his arms, the room was nearly dark. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of a Soul] Reference
In the girl, quiescence was the natural outcome of womanly reserve; in the Boy, it would have been mere affectation. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
The psychologist in me wondered why her mother had chosen a photograph of her daughter during the quiescence of latency. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Case]
At all times, these tyrants seek to incite, bribe or intimidate the people into a state of quiescence and submissiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Speech at the Iusy Festival 2000] Reference
It will generally be found that the equivalent resistance of the tube will be largely increased by this period of quiescence. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
But, though they be kept in the most complete intellectual quiescence, the condition of these unfortunates is scarcely improved. From Wordnik.com. [The Education of American Girls] Reference
She then, released from the enforced, tense quiescence I had imposed upon her, clutched me gratefully, sobbing with relief and joy. From Wordnik.com. [Magicians of Gor]
"Tommy," once the epitome of '60s counterculture rebellion, has been transformed into the embodiment of' 90s mainstream quiescence. From Wordnik.com. [From The Who To The Whom] Reference
But perhaps his very quiescence inclined her to look upon him with a grain of sympathy or compassion, for her tones were now grave. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Nothing of it remained on her face, a little saddened, nor in her languid body, more desirable than ever in the quiescence of her mind. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
His portraits are quiescence itself -- portraits of men and women standing in the fulness of beauty and strength to be painted by Titian. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
Dr. Tyndall showed that where there is quiescence in the air the tendency of his sterilized infusions to produce organisms was increased. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882] Reference
Whigs, the Highflyers, or rigid Tories, would not have remained in quiescence during that critical period, which resembled the settling of. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I.] Reference
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