Sentence examples for Slightly muted from inspiring English sources

Mr. Vaïsse, however, noted that the criticism might have been slightly muted by the Libyan operation.

Initial reactions to the device within the hall seemed slightly muted.

Yet this Test match has a slightly muted atmosphere about it.

She generally walks the streets unaccosted, her beauty slightly muted by her off-the-rack style.

The latest film from the Dardenne brothers was screened in Cannes to a slightly muted reception.

Almost every room looks onto the water, and the light that comes in is slightly muted — reflected from the water".

The real-life Behar had a slightly more muted response to the segment.

Like Hare Krishna?' Tension in the room immediately dissipates, replaced with slightly bewildered, muted laughter.

Estate agents joined in, although their gains were slightly more muted, with Foxtons up 2.5% and Countrywide 1.7% higher.

There's a slightly more muted reaction at the crowd's periphery, particularly to material from her new album How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful.

"Night Picnic" is slightly more muted in tone than "Jackstraws" (1999), which also explored the terrains of foreboding and of need.