Sentence examples for dampen optimism from inspiring English sources

Economists warned that persistently high inflation would dampen optimism about Britain's economic prospects following some recent upbeat news.

3 VESPER BELL (Willie Mullins) Stays well, as finished a narrow second in a marathon event at the Punchestown Festival and could be better than shown so far this season, but a fall in the Becher Chase dampens optimism.

Wall Street's trek into record territory has dampened optimism about the possibility of further gains in the near future, according to Forbes.com's weekly survey of leading stock market strategists.

"The sense was that damage in the tech sector would have dampened optimism and that the market would have worked a bit lower," said Alan Ackerman, senior vice president at Fahnestock & Co. Ackerman said strength in IBMs ibm stock, which closed up 2.27%, provided investors with enthusiasm.

The environmental obstructionism of the Republican Party and the global economic climate of rapidly rising consumption by third world countries are incredibly effective in dampening optimism.

Sussex have won only once in the Championship since May, which might dampen their optimism somewhat.

Even the prospect of paying 6.89 percent of her annual income for 10 years — up to $350,000 on a $70,000 investment — did not dampen her optimism.

The "so-called isolation" of the north is "a result of the invasion and the occupation by the Turkish army of this part of the island of the Republic of Cyprus," he says.The largely unseen presence of that huge Turkish garrison is enough to dampen the optimism of many Greek-Cypriots.

German fans had been gathering at the "Fan Mile" in Berlin for hours and heavy downpours failed to dampen their optimism.

Of course, some hideous terrorist attack here or some stunning international blowup on the Korean Peninsula or elsewhere would quickly dampen this optimism.

This did not dampen her optimism or enthusiasm.