Sentence examples for muted delight from inspiring English sources
It's probably not an event worth telling anybody about—just you, waiting for your oven chips to finish, twisting around with muted delight to the tinny tones of your DAB radio but in doing so you are taking part in a silent celebration of UK nightclubs that continues unnoticed every day.
Hamlet's early angst fails to boil and when he plots the trap for the king his delight is muted.
Peter Farmer's designs look as good as ever, with the Act 1 costumes, all grey-green and muted gold, a particular delight.
To winkle out meaning from indirect or muted expression flatters and delights our intelligence; it is a cynosure of urbanity.
That was never going to be the lead headline on a night that brought delight to Nigel Farage, muted disappointment to Ed Miliband, relative relief to David Cameron, and further kicks to the groin of Nick Clegg.
These aren't just new twists on old templates, however; while some familiar controls and mechanics reappear, some additional twists, modifications and subtleties make for moments where a player is still surprised, as well as continually delighted by the muted, playful aesthetic and the rewarding feeling that comes with solving each level's Escher-esque environment design.
Readers of Tanizaki are variously startled or entertained to find that his essay on the delights of what is muted, enclosed and refined by shadows, begins with a paean to the lavatories found in Japanese monasteries.
Their teachers, too, were delighted to be back – despite the slightly muted atmosphere and the empty classrooms.
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Investor appetite remained muted".
