Sentence examples for dampened by a from inspiring English sources
The aspirational quality that Stoller cited is dampened by a cautionary, even disapproving point of view.
The turnout Tuesday appeared dampened by a steady drizzle in Monrovia, one of Africa's wettest capitals.
The outside slices have the soft, claggy texture of cotton wool dampened by a very lightly sweet solution.
Kenny Smith's exuberant analysis -- sometimes too exuberant -- usually sparkles and is not dampened by a business agenda.
The big clubs do suffer in one respect from their dominance, as enthusiasm is dampened by a lack of competition.
So around the city, the curious had to make do with a lunar display dampened by a cloudy sky.
Hopes that the UK economy was starting to climb out of recession have been dampened by an unexpected drop in industrial and manufacturing production.
News of the compensation program was dampened by an announcement the same day that GM was recalling 8.4 million more vehicles worldwide for a similar ignition defect, which causes cars to suddenly shut down and disable air bags while being driven.
It makes sense that Murakami's work might prove popular in times of political anxiety: it exerts an entrancing, sometimes almost sedative effect on the reader, the strangeness of the plot developments dampened by an emotional flatness that can feel like a comforting refuge from the real world and its extremes.
While there will be military parades and cultural performances, celebrations will be dampened by an economic downturn.
