Sentence examples for are dampened from inspiring English sources
verb
To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
In Schnee, by Hans Abrahamsen, two pianos are dampened with paper and the percussionist spends most of the time rhythmically rubbing on smooth and rough tables.
There were also rattles in the front cup holders -- particularly surprising given that their lids, and the glovebox door, are dampened to glide open slowly and softly.
Their desultory attempts to change course are dampened by a pervasive melancholy that no one seems capable of dispelling — least of all our easygoing protagonist, whose passivity grows increasingly wearisome with every passing scene.
The pleasures of this rewarding exhibition are dampened by the feeling that Neel's long, fruitful career could have sustained a larger effort, one that parses her evolution chapter and verse, on paper and canvas, instead of concentrating on the well-known portraits of her last 25 years.
At the moment wage demands are dampened by unemployment.
These pressure fluctuations are dampened in the TSw fracture continuum according to its permeability and porosity.
Second, they are dampening the appetite for risk more generally.
The slow income gains over the past few years are dampening enthusiasm.
Such hopes were dampened.
Enthusiasm is dampened, and the Eagles are heavy underdogs.
His ardour had to be dampened pretty fiercely.
