And from quiet acceptance, a few people have gone to forceful action.

But three or four years ago, her children say she came to a quiet acceptance of her life.

There were no tears, she understood necessity and helped him to a quiet acceptance of it.

She stood in quiet acceptance, her whole body drooping.

How gentle and open her quiet acceptance, he thought.

Rather, the Hopkins team sees mostly disappointment and quiet acceptance.

"I think we will die," Grangles said with an air of quiet acceptance.

After decades of quiet acceptance, many residents are asking questions about what is happening around them.

The response of the departing executives to their dismissal was generally quiet acceptance.

But this slipped away from me in some quiet acceptance of what was happening.