Sentence examples for dampens spirits from inspiring English sources

[C4.] Netease Dampens Spirits in China The poor debut on Friday of the Chinese Internet company Netease.com -- whose American depository receipts opened at $15.50 but fell to $12.125 on Nasdaq -- has sent shudders through China's Internet entrepreneurs, who see an overseas listing as their only hope.

Tonight heavy rain has dampened spirits.

But it shows no sign of dampening spirits at EnerNOC.

Then dismaying profit figures from Motorola, Intel and J.P. Morgan Chase dampened spirits once again.

Meanwhile, the ongoing weakness of the global economy could dampen spirits, too.

Even the crushing 4-0 defeagainstnst Uruguay in the last 16 didn't dampen spirits.

Last month, on a trivia night, frigid rain seemed to have already dampened spirits.

They needed a change – the fourth goal does seem to have dampened spirits at Whaddon Road.

The stalemated presidential election dampened spirits, as did several corporate earning warnings.

Just listening to choral music dampened spirits, although it did decrease the levels of cortisol, a stress hormone.

Thunderstorms can roll in suddenly and just as suddenly the sun bursts out with a vengeance to lift dampened spirits.