Sentence examples for often muted from inspiring English sources

It correctly decided to confront this head-on; the Bush administration's response was often muted.

Extremist imams are free to hold prayer gatherings, while moderate voices are often muted.

But their expertise is often muted by the strictures of a prime-time broadcast.

Color is often muted and even muddy, but sometimes it's bright and festive.

He explained his often muted palette by citing the barren surroundings of his childhood in Northern Ireland.

Colours are often muted – lots of greys, blues and whites – and the knitwear alone justifies the cult following.

In it, he caught the American everyday in all its varied strangeness, with often-muted tones and delicate colours.

His often-muted Southern accent was out in force.

Van Gaal's vintage were too often a muted bunch.

However, the country's oil wealth and lobbying efforts have meant international criticism has often been muted.

(You can't miss this in "poem," which has many firmly metric passages. But in "Secret Mary," where the dynamics are often more muted, the pulse keeps changing, insidiously).