1.   All seemed quiet, but for the distant sound of police sirens.

2.   For the moment the city seems quiet, but the fighting could start again at any time.

3.   The house seems very quiet now that all the children have left home.

4.   The bar seemed ominously quiet.

5.   The house seemed very quiet and she suddenly realised she was entirely alone.

6.   And later that afternoon when he drove her home in his car and he seemed unusually quiet, she sensed that he too was remembering that moment.

7.   After the disruption of the past few days, all now seems quiet.

8.   Although the number of storms was higher than average this year, the season seemed quiet because only four storms crossed the coast of North America.

9.   And the place always seemed quiet, except when we were bombarded with manufactured noise.

10.   As the two friends ran errands on Tuesday, Ms. Grant said, her friend seemed unusually quiet.