Sentence examples for sounds restrained from inspiring English sources

While the president sounds restrained in his language and even perhaps personally ambivalent about the operation he seems likely to order, Mr. Kerry came across on Friday as an unstinting advocate for action against what he called "a despot's brutal and flagrant use of chemical weapons".

Speaking beneath a Mexican flag the casino owner-turned reality TV star sounded restrained and diplomatic.

In his campaign, Mr. Trump has at times sounded restrained and on-message, only to quickly revert to his more pugilistic nature.

There was the sound of restrained, muted weeping, a single strangulated treble note, barely disturbing the Sunday morning stillness.

As described by John Robertson, it exemplifies the Nashville sound, the restrained, cosmopolitan style that would define country music in the 1960s.

Even his few admonitions sound respectable, restrained, uttered with the national responsibility sensed by one who is aware of the tremendous power of written words.

That sounds wise and restrained, but it's actually completely wrong-headed.

If that sounds like a restrained explanation, the resulting collages — made with things like pills, psychoactive leaves and flowers — are anything but.

Instrumentation featured in the track include restrained sounds of piano, strings and percussion.

Based around a simple woodblock rhythm in a call-and-response pattern, "BTD150" either sounds like the restrained beginning of a well-deserved celebration or a suspense film's horrifically calm death knell.

Songs normally guaranteed to rouse a few goosebumps, such as James Taylor's Fire and Rain, can sound a little restrained.