Sentence examples for quiet agreement from inspiring English sources

But black people get it fine: they chuckle, cover their faces in mock embarrassment or nod in quiet agreement.

As the election debates have shown, powerful leadership on climate change is not well served by quiet agreement.

Is there a quiet agreement, behind the scenes, about_ transition and how much Assad will be allowed to participate?

Then you enter into a quiet agreement with another ice cream parlor down the street: each of you will buy hundreds of cones from the other every day.

While there may be quiet agreement that Iran is a threat to regional stability, many nations – especially Iran's neighbors – want to avoid any appearance of belligerence that might make relations even worse.

'Not a very nice site, no,' comes the quiet agreement from the church's pastor, Stefan Burton-Schnüll, as I gaze around at the trees growing crisp-bags and the mud morphing into dog-shit; 'but it was decided not to commemorate it in any way, out of respect for the victims.' Rose West's lawyer, Leo Goatley, concurs.

In many states, until the 1980's, the appointment or election of judges was arranged through quiet agreements among politicians and bar associations.

Nike and Ikea recently partnered with Netherlands-based DyeCoo, owners of the technology used to make Adidas' DryDye shirts, but have been quiet since that agreement.

A home-buying couple who sued a major Brooklyn developer in a dispute over 109 square feet agreed to settle the case for $150,000, but rejected the developer's offer of an additional $20,000 to keep quiet about the agreement.

What we know only today is that the State Department arranged a deal that arguably allows Americans and others to pursue personal claims against Japan or Japanese firms -- but tried to keep the agreement quiet.

The quiet clearance of the agreement came as the White House pushed to bring the New Start treaty to the Senate floor as early as this week.