Sentence examples for muted reception from inspiring English sources

Why the muted reception?

Collings published Shardik to a positive, if more muted, reception.

That done she trooped off stage to a muted reception.

In the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, the designation received a studiously muted reception.

But there was a more muted reception for new hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway.

It was an awfully muted reception for what was upbeat news.

The law came into effect on December 30th, to a generally muted public reception, though the European Court of Justice ruled that the "general and indiscriminate retention" of communications is illegal.

BUSINESS DAY, PAGE C1 Vietnam's Leader Visits Bush Prime Minister Phan Van Khai became the first leader of a united Vietnam to visit the White House, but there were protests outside and a muted half-hour reception inside.

True, the muted television in the reception area is set to SNY — the Wilpons' successful cable sports channel — and there is the obligatory LeRoy Neiman painting.

True, the muted television in the reception area is set to SNY the Wilpons' successful cable sports channel and there is the obligatory LeRoy Neiman painting.

Instead Valve took it to MWC, and while Oculus Rift's John Carmack did announce a partner product with Samsung at GDC, its reception was muted compared to Valve's.