Sentence examples for muted talking from inspiring English sources

For almost a decade, from when I was 15 to when I left home at 23 – especially, though, after my mum died in '07 – we'd sit in the living room every night with the telly muted, talking about football as he smoked fags.

Still, the prospect that the government is preparing to wade in deep — perhaps sparing families from foreclosure and banks from insolvency — has muted talk of the most dire possibilities: a severe shortage of credit that would crimp the availability of finance for many years, effectively halting economic growth.

The growing inevitability of Trump's nomination, even as the campaign drives on, seemed at the state convention to have muted talk about the impact of his presence.

The next day, Cruz issued a general attack on Trump's "New York values," which the billionaire effectively muted by talking about the heroism of New Yorkers on 9/11.

There would be some muted talk, the sound of his keys and coins as he left them down.

Four people (two men, two women) stand in muted light, talking at and past one another in short phrases.

Already, that has muted the talk about pre-emptive strikes; the president who five years ago talked constantly about the dangers of "the world's worst weapons" in Saddam Hussein's hands has been far more measured about Iran and Syria.

There is muted small talk, a complaint about the A13.

The wide, carpeted staircase is palpably quiet, and in the lounge the voices of the people talking are muted.

Dorie Nolt:            You're muted if you are talking.

Dorie Nolt: You're muted if you are talking.