Sentence examples for became muted from inspiring English sources

But in the past year, YankeeNets' ambitions became muted.

These trans-Atlantic arguments about international obligations were heated before Sept. 11, but became muted after.

Some of this criticism became muted as Kuhn's work became better understood and as his own thinking underwent transformation.

Once an island of carnival mania, the celebrations in Cuba became muted in the early 1960s -- with the notable exception of island's second city Santiago de Cuba, which throws a bash as good as any despite official efforts to discourage it.

The early enthusiasm which had greeted his concert appearances became muted in later years, and reviews of his performances during the final ten years of his life were often harsh.

In retrospect, we can follow the trail of African-American undertakings and observe how our mission for transcendence became muted and less urgent as each hardship and hindrance to success was surmounted.

Damage that, and basic responses such as fear, arousal, and excitement disappear or become muted.

Lately, those objections to Srinivasan have become muted or disappeared altogether.

At such times, his vivid personality does not become muted, but it does become transmuted.

You're always alert, sensitive to the sounds around you, but the nuances can become muted.

Just an hour before sunset, the light is wonderful; it becomes muted and soft and pastel".