Sentence examples for muted mood from inspiring English sources

In stark contrast to Democrats in the House of Representatives, who nearly derailed the budget entirely on Thursday by voting unanimously against proceeding to a budget vote and had to be cajoled by the White House into passing it eventually, Senate Democrats were in more muted mood.

It's a groovy, bassline heavy club tune with a muted mood and silky vibes.

Mostly painted in oil on wood panels, his landscapes are largely preoccupied in capturing the muted moods of sky and water.

The language was soaring, the racial elements muted, the mood upbeat even though the road ahead remained unclear.

The combative tone of this year's convention has been a far cry from the more muted, defensive mood of last year's event, which was held just days after the shootings at Columbine High School and was shortened to one day from three.

Rumors that Ford Motor could announce manufacturing plant closures and layoffs of up to 20,000 have muted the mood at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, which kicked off yesterday.

Perhaps such purity informed the muted, almost monastic mood of his story on Page 268.

Today, the mood was muted on both sides.