Sentence examples for quietly count from inspiring English sources

Nor did Mr. Dastagir quietly count his blessings and slink back into hiding.

But I will just quietly count those blessings and not question it.

Spunt retreated to his drum kit and quietly counted himself back into the song.

Seven minutes into the tape, a man can be heard quietly counting.

And even the opposition leaders who issued conciliatory statements may be quietly counting on those in the square to turn up the political pressure on the military.

Which I wouldn't mind so much, if they would just sit quietly counting to nine over and over again, but they can't shut up about it.

As the fires burned for much of the day, hundreds of mourners sat mutely on a hillside next to the monks, who chanted aloud or quietly counted prayer beads of red coral and turquoise.

— In a storage room filled with tables used at parties to celebrate passage of citizenship exams, 14 immigrants huddled around a refrigerator in the corner, quietly counting off so their teacher could tell the police how many were hiding there.

The so-called Arab moderates led by the governments of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan had quietly counted on a swift Israeli victory, not only to cut Hizbullah down to size as a lesson to other radical Islamists but also to undermine Iran's regional ambitions.

I sat down and quietly counted to 30.

By Lizzie Widdicombe The fortieth anniversary of Che Guevara's death went by quietly last week, unless you count a party at the Brecht Forum, in the West Village, where a skirmish erupted between the organizers over mojito pricing.