At a table, not far distant, one of the members dined quietly alone.

In Paris, they dined quietly at the Ritz.

He avoids the Washington social circuit and generally dines quietly at home with Liz or close friends.

'Mr Snapcase is dining quietly but visibly, in impeccable company, some way away.'

At one of Hollywood's more fashionable restaurants he is dining quietly with a friend.

Later that night they dined quietly, just the two of them on the terrace overlooking the sea.

We dined quietly, the three of us, in a gloomy, faded old room.

On Sundays and his other night off, he was to 'read and dine quietly in his own rooms'.

He dined quietly, and went to bed.

The Court family dined quietly, alone on the other side of the room, removed from the carnival barker in their midst.