I had left London town for the village of Downe and a home that is quiet and regal.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Benjamin was a quiet boy. For much of the time, his parents were busy working in his father's store.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

We could not bring in a recorder, but the courtroom is mostly quiet except for the lawyers, witnesses and judge talking.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

She says this monument is a quiet place for people to come to terms with loss caused by the war.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

Like many songs on the album "Quiet Nights" it is a good example of Diana Krall's soft and smoky voice.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

Anne Morrow was a quiet, shy and small young woman when she met Charles Lindbergh in nineteen twenty-seven.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

The woman of action was ordered to remain quiet for months in a dark room, or become blind.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

A new mother,for example, quickly learns to try to sleep when her baby is quiet, even in the middle of the day.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

And then we drop in on parties." Some families like to take it easy on January first and enjoy a quiet day of rest.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

He called for "normalcy" -- a new period of peace and quiet, with few changes.

VOA: special.2010.12.16

Benjamin was a quiet child. He attended Phillips Academy, a private school in Andover,Massachusetts.

VOA: special.2009.03.15

"A nice quiet place," I said to myself as I got ready for bed.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

On a sunny morning in eighteen fifty, however,the men of Roaring Camp were quiet.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

John Lewis lived a quiet life with his wife, Mirjana,in New York City.

VOA: special.2009.03.01

She would live in a quiet hotel and have no work to do.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

The nineteen twenties are remembered as a quiet period in American foreign policy.

VOA: special.2011.02.03

She was a quiet woman and often seemed uneasy with her fame.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

He also was a quiet man, except when he talked about space.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

People go to a cabin to relax and enjoy quiet time.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

But,for many minutes, the heart beat on with a quiet sound.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

A child cried, and a woman sang softly to quiet it.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

Maudie was quiet. In the hay,lay a 1ittle wet calf.

VOA: special.2010.01.09