Sentence examples for quiet individual from inspiring English sources

Gone is the notion that it is solely a physical repository for information and a place of quiet individual study where librarians patrol the stacks, shushing errant blabbermouths.

"He appears to me to be a very insightful, quiet individual, introspective, not obnoxious or bold or brash in any way," Mr. Del Col said.

A physically imposing athlete who stood 6 feet 5 inches tall and played squash at Princeton University, where he graduated in 1938, Mr. Ridder was also "a very quiet individual, intelligent, well-read, inquisitive," Mr. Finnegan said.

Such a quiet, individual endeavor; so demanding in its way; so wonderful — as a writer (and a reader), I'm happy, and if takes billions of copies of Swedish sex-thrillers to get people in the habit, that's fine with me.

If the whole point of Remembrance Day is one of quiet individual contemplation, the act of choosing to pay tribute to unimaginable horror and sacrifice in an understatedly personal way, then this unseemly episode seemed the opposite.

He has remixed his own images of young ravers in Ibiza, actively destroying his quiet individual portraits of teens in their hotel rooms in favour of a collective atmosphere that is more wilfully unfocussed.

Both are known as tacticians and as quiet individuals.

Quiet individuals often have to make twice the effort in order to stand out, particularly in the workplace.

These range from picketing at the factory gate to quieter individual or family-oriented actions.

Worse, I noticed when chatting with students after class that some of the quieter individuals had significant contributions but were selective or shy about sharing them.

Alternatively, join more notoriously quiet activities — try a book club or a cooking class to meet quieter individuals.