Children listened quietly to teacher's story.

Meaning: The children paid attention to the teacher's story without making any noise.

Choice of Words: Quietly means without making any noise. Story is a written or spoken account of something that happened. When you put them together, "listened quietly" means paid attention to the story without making noise.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• She quietly listened to the interesting story.
• The children listened quietly to the bird's song.
• The children listened intently to the story.
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• The girl listened quietly, enchanted by the melody.
• Birds sang trees listened quietly.
• Audience listened quietly.
• He listened to the story with interest.
• She listened intently to the story.
• He listened attentively to the story.