Sentence examples for mute criticism from inspiring English sources

Someone at the White House, they say, is lamely trying to mute criticism of postwar policy at Mr. Rumsfeld's expense.

But the governor's description of the spending reduction that would ultimately prove beneficial did little to mute criticism from around the state and across the political spectrum.

Activists say the government has changed tack in a bid to mute criticism from abroad, but has not abandoned the use of brutal force.

In return Mr. Putin has tried to get Washington to mute criticism of Russia's handling of Chechnya, something Mr. Bush should resist.

Perhaps to mute criticism, Israeli officials said that indirect contacts about ending the operation had begun with Yasir Arafat's Palestinian Authority, but the Palestinians denied the suggestion.

*A hurried agreement to improve the current broken budget system now looks like nothing more than a public relations ploy, an effort to mute criticism about the budget being late 20 years in a row.

During some heated anti-Japanese demonstrations last year, for example, moderators intervened to cool nationalist passions, encouraging students to mute criticisms of Japan.

But just as gently it mutes criticism of Ms. Stritch, as she does so much criticizing herself.

(Beyond muting criticism and hoping for cooperation).

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Since last June, however, both have been muting criticism and observing a limited truce.