Sentence examples for muted expression from inspiring English sources

To winkle out meaning from indirect or muted expression flatters and delights our intelligence; it is a cynosure of urbanity.

At the end of the story called "Self-Defense," upon realizing the true background of a man he has recently helped release into the world, this defense lawyer lets loose a single muted expression of disgust, directed not so much at his client as at himself.

That slightly muted expression of pity, of concern: She's not married?

Following JHMV infection, we observed the cleavage of procaspase 3 (35 kDa) into its active form (17 kDa), in combination with cleavage of the caspase 3 target PARP, and muted expression of Bcl2, a member of the anti-apoptotic Bcl-x family of proteins, confirming previous reports [24] [27] that in vitro JHMV triggers apoptosis within infected oligodendrocyte cultures (Figure 8B D).

It is uncertain what effect an increase in MUTED expression will have, however decreased variability of expression might reflect a loss of regulation of MUTED activity.

Mr. Mandelson's own appearance brought only muted expressions of thanks for his service from Labor colleagues and from David Trimble, leader of the Ulster Unionists.

His precipitous fall from marquee stardom was rapid, humiliating, widely remarked upon as it was happening, and greeted around town with muted expressions of schadenfreude.

Even the audience had muted expressions on their faces from nothing at all to forced smiles, and responded with only limited displays of laughter.

Much more muted immunoreactive expression was seen in pilocarpine-treated mice (Fig. 7I L).

In that study, muted baseline expression of mCD14 [see Supplemental Material, Table 1 (doi:10.1289/ehp.1002543)] was associated with significantly reduced pulmonary function (forced expiratory volume in 1 sec; FEV1) with each interquartile-range increase in PM2.5 concentration.

Applause was muted and expressions were dour.