Everything seemed very quiet all of a sudden.

Have you ever noticed that it seems quiet there even when it's not?

I shot the guy dead.1 It seemed very quiet all of a sudden.

The house seemed very quiet and empty, and would be even more so presently when they had gone.

All seemed quiet, but for the distant sound of police sirens.

Everywhere seemed oddly quiet, with the hushed silence of a hospital or a church.

It's the kind of guy who, neighbors tell news crews after a crime, always seemed so quiet and well-behaved.

In the house, the lives of the three young boys seemed quiet, calm and disciplined.

The bushes there were burning but the ground seemed quiet.

The main lab where the couple was seemed quiet.