Sentence examples for dampen fears from inspiring English sources

Rammell visited the Middle East to dampen fears of a boycott of Israeli academics last year.

That should dampen fears, common in the country, that a national asset is about to pass into foreign hands.

The HPA tried to dampen fears that these five men were at large in the community with swine flu.

And if oil and other commodity prices fall enough this year to dampen fears of inflation, that would give the Fed room to cut interest rates more aggressively.

The latest figures from the Labour Department have revised March's numbers up to 154,000 but are unlikely to dampen fears that the US recovery is stalling.

"The claim that this was a mild accident elicited the derision of netizens who felt that the reporting was more intended to dampen fears about China's train system than report what actually occurred.

Core inflation was 2.2% in the year to December, double the rate of 1.1% through 2003.America's builders had a strong month in December, dampening fears that the country's construction boom had ended.

But Burberry added 52p to £14.73 after the positive trade figures from China on Friday and a report from Swatch, which owns luxury brands like Omega and Breguet, that it expected strong growth this year, dampening fears of slowdown in emerging markets.

During sex, the amygdala "dampens" fear and anxiety.

But experts tried to dampen down fears of a catastrophe: "We don't believe it is necessary to evacuate Tokyo, even though the radioactivity is certainly out there," said Masako Sawai, of the Citizens Nuclear Information Centree.

The press conference dampened some fears in Europe that Greece would try to reach out to Moscow for financial help, weakening Europe's unity over Russia.