Sentence examples for muted prospects from inspiring English sources

Still, the industry's recent moves reflect more muted prospects.

The attack came as Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, was preparing to meet President Clinton in Washington, and after that meeting the White House could muster up only muted comments about the prospects of tamping down the violence.

But there has been little, and quite muted, outrage at the prospect that, unless things change, one third of black men will be incarcerated during their lives.

A1 After the meeting, the White House was notably muted in its assessment of prospects for tamping down the violence or moving back to the negotiating table.

Now that the spaceships have landed, though, the pictorial prospect is more muted and more, well, mundane.

Leaders of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees were muted in their reaction to the prospect of more taxes for public employees.

The bad news is that the "festivities in the White House might be somewhat muted as the president faces the prospect of fighting for re-election during a recession".

The economy is still growing, so underlying resentment towards the government is muted; yet we perceive our jobs and prospects to be insecure, so we are reluctant to expose ourselves to trouble.

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McConnell, for his part, has greeted the prospect of his ascension with muted satisfaction.

It was precisely this prospect that kept the celebrations so muted at the weekend.