Turning off the main road, the two men passed into the comparative quiet of a mews.

Rod and Herby made no effort to speak to each other until they had walked through into the comparative quiet of the first heavy-media separator room.

We pushed through a crowd of rushing, shoving men and turned into the comparative quiet of the side street.

The Boer fire also stuttered out and a comparative quiet fell over the field, spoiled only by the groaning and cursing of the wounded.

"She was upset; Matt said she took off in his car," Meredith gasped back in the comparative quiet of the interior.

Melanchthon then settled into the comparative quiet of his academic and literary labors.

Abe ran interference for her, barging his way through the crowd, dragging her by the wrist into the comparative quiet of the courthouse.

The significance of this comparative quiet will not be lost on party leaders as they prepare for provincial elections in the next 18 months.

"Thank goodness," Karen said in the comparative quiet of the corridor.

"I've always heard about elves toiling away under the mountain," Lafayette confided in his guide as they emerged into the comparative quiet of the admin level.