Sentence examples for keep subdued from inspiring English sources

It was easier, they felt, in such settings, to address issues that adult humans often prefer to keep subdued.

Bea is a reluctant ambassador: at first she strives to do her brother's bidding, but soon the "romantic agony" of Paris awakens feelings she has long kept subdued.

The threats of prosecution and persecution have usually been enough to keep polygamists subdued.

China remained a "dictatorship", he said, relying on terror to keep people subdued.

"Please hurry — I don't know how long my cat can keep him subdued".

Economists say Australia is importing much of its deflationary pressure, helping to keep prices subdued.

The question is simply how long can the chemotherapy I am undergoing oppose those cancerous cells and keep them subdued.

HIS is still the minority view, but just the threat of a double dip could keep stocks subdued, some advisers say.

In their statement on Wednesday, Fed officials made it clear they were still seeing little risk of higher inflation, adding that "substantial resource slack" — a euphemism for high unemployment and unused factory capacity — would keep inflation "subdued".

So the market appreciates the Fed's efforts to keep inflation subdued".

Some drugs can slow its advance but in many cases patients are given sedatives just to keep them subdued.