Sentence examples for muted affairs from inspiring English sources

In the conference rooms adjoining her office, the meetings I watched her run — with angry widows of Taylor-era soldiers demanding benefits; with a quarreling auditor and minister — were muted affairs.

The Così was a sad, muted affair.

Davos was a strangely muted affair this year.

This present conference is a much more muted affair.

Morning tea at Jon Stanhope's office is a muted affair.

Yet for dedicated activist investors, it was a more muted affair.

With much still in question, the reopening of Westgate has been an oddly muted affair.

It is a strangely muted affair that suffers from its many competing influences and backers.

Since the recession ended last year, the recovery has been a muted affair (see chart).

But the play, a muted affair, is something less than a great success.

Compared to, say, Bet Lynch's - a rather muted affair, as the groom dropped dead.