Sentence examples for muted that from inspiring English sources

President-elect Chen's party had previously called for independence from China, something Beijing has sworn it will wage war to prevent, and he only recently muted that stance.

But after today's vote, Leo V. Boyle, the association president, muted that argument, saying the legislation focused narrowly on the terrorist attacks of a single day.

And so the Fed should ease away, safe in the knowledge that the inflation response will remain muted (and presumably, if it ceases to remain muted, that is a sign that the job is done).

He can thank his predecessor too for the breaking up of the FILP, for the "big bang", however muted, that was thrust upon the financial markets in 1997-2001, and for the reorganisation of government ministries that came into effect last year.

If Eberstadt's narrative loses some of its white heat and windswept clarity as she tries to squeeze in urban anxieties about everything from private school to terrorism (even her account of an attack on the London subway system seems curiously muted), that is not so surprising.

By 9 20, the self-indulgence came to the fore, with a song by Castle's daughter, the whole crew on the sofa and then a muted "That's pretty much it from GMTV", from Castle.

Apple's reaction has been more muted than that of the church.

There are some key creative watch-outs, in particular that sound is often muted or that attention spans are even shorter on smaller screens.

A muted sound that then made its characters seem that much more vulnerable and isolated as they floated out there in space.

There was some concern, albeit muted, about that last part.

The tone of muted control that's sustained throughout the piece is an extraordinary feat.