Sentence examples for help dampen from inspiring English sources

Initially, they help dampen down some of the less helpful speculation about what went on and what the causes might have been.

Still, firefighters say that if the rains continue, they will help dampen the threat.

The depreciation of the Chinese currency will also help dampen British inflation through cheaper imports.

As the economist Jonathan Portes points out, this would help dampen excessive price rises.

This may help dampen an overpopulation of raccoons, Mr. Weckel said.

But observers argue size could help dampen the industry's cyclical tendencies.

That helped dampen the criticism a bit.

These islands have in the past helped dampen the impact of hurricanes on the coast.

Their presence has helped dampen looting at Angkor Wat, the central temple, Cambodian officials say.

He has a little demonstration that helps dampen the Old West atmosphere: He borrows an apple from craft services and then fires a blank, execution style.

The lack of overseas interest in American stocks in 2004 may have helped dampen the stock market's gains, but it did not send it down.