Sentence examples for muted statement from inspiring English sources

After 12 hours of discussion behind closed doors, the meeting concluded at dawn with a muted statement asking Zimbabwe to release the results of the presidential election "expeditiously".

Dr. Jones — who had said he considered suicide after the e-mail messages emerged — issued a more muted statement, saying he needed time to reflect.

The only good news for Mr. Limbaugh today came from G.O.P. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who offered this muted statement of support: "Look, I wouldn't have chosen the words he did.

The comparison breaks down, however, in that the Republican response to Trump's lawlessness has ranged from full-throated support to muted statements of concern to, mostly, silence.

The interior minister's strident remarks on Tuesday stood in contrast to the relatively muted statements made by the government in the immediate aftermath of Mansoor's death on Saturday.

In their place are more muted statements about the sanctity of life and a "New Birth of Freedom" message that includes the "freedom to be born" refrain Mr. Forbes repeats at every stop.

The fairly muted statements by Mr. Armitage and the Australians appeared to indicate that despite the strength of the alliance between the two countries, Australia would be contributing less to any Iraqi campaign than either side had envisioned a few months ago.

He, for his part, could never be sure if her muted statements of affection contained any truth or she was subtly managing the situation to avoid offending him in case he might go public.

Some major tech companies have solidly sided with Apple while others have issued more muted statements on the importance of digital security.

Yet after a day of frantic discussions and cables fired back and forth between Kabul and Western capitals, the United Nations and NATO countries in the end muted their statement, backing away from demanding the seating of the Parliament on Sunday and trying to leave the door open for a compromise.

In a country where the push for gay rights has materialized only recently — and in fits and starts often met with violence and arrests — their attempt to marry was a bold, if muted, political statement as much as it was an expression of love.