Over the next decade his wife Melanie prepared quietly for the moment when he would either retire or die in office.

Booth prepared quietly, leaving Simpson to handle the press.

In the last days of December, I await the opportunity to sit alone, quietly preparing the new calendar for the coming year.

The people who make their living from work-life programs understand this, and they are quietly preparing for the inevitable.

The Dubai company had been quietly preparing in recent days for such a possibility.

The boy regarded him from under long lashes, an animal quietly preparing for defense or night.

Several dozen legislators began quietly preparing a strategy to revoke martial law.

The fact is that both sides realized the split was inevitable, but the Czechs prepared for it quietly.

She sat in her place around the low, round table, quietly preparing herself for the task ahead.

The majority leader has spent the past four days in his home district, quietly preparing to assume the Speakership.