Sentence examples for muting criticism from inspiring English sources

(Beyond muting criticism and hoping for cooperation).

Since last June, however, both have been muting criticism and observing a limited truce.

THE decision to spin off the Liberty Media Corporation was a smart move for Tele-Communications Inc. because it opened up areas of growth while muting criticism about the company's size.

A heavy-handed Chinese government campaign to monitor the activities of Chinese scholars living abroad is quietly muting criticism of the Communist Party and curbing free speech beyond the country's borders, academics affected by the effort say.

Francis said there was a broader trend of muting criticism as economic ties grew, citing Cambodia's repatriation of 20 Uighur refugees to China two days before the countries signed deals worth an estimated $850m.

His remarks were a striking departure from the candidates' general practice of muting criticism of one another -- at least at this early stage of the race.

But just as gently it mutes criticism of Ms. Stritch, as she does so much criticizing herself.

The discovery could mute criticism of Pemex, which has struggled to develop new fields as older ones matured.

Someone at the White House, they say, is lamely trying to mute criticism of postwar policy at Mr. Rumsfeld's expense.

But his standing as a hero of one of Africa's liberation struggles, and a general wariness that condemning abuses in Zimbabwe might leave their own governments open to similar scrutiny, helped to mute criticism from other countries.

*A hurried agreement to improve the current broken budget system now looks like nothing more than a public relations ploy, an effort to mute criticism about the budget being late 20 years in a row.