Sentence examples for subdued affair from inspiring English sources

The Super Bowl itself was a relatively subdued affair.

It's a safe Tory seat and the Lib Dems were a close third behind Labour last time so one imagines it will be a slightly subdued affair.

Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 5.26pm BST17:26 Eid in Aleppo Eid in Aleppo – for those who are able to celebrate it at all – is a very subdued affair this year.

With those kinds of stakes, the debate on Thursday night was almost bound to be a careful, at times subdued, affair, a stark contrast to the last, raucous Democratic debate before the Iowa caucuses.

The battle between London's black cabs and upstart incomer Uber has been a relatively subdued affair thus far — aside from the odd scuffle and some roadblocking demonstrations last year.

It had been a relatively subdued affair but there was a burst of action as Van Persie screwed an effort wide at one end then Everton substitute Nikica Jelavic's low shot brought De Gea into the action.

Religious processions are generally subdued affairs, without the colour and the drama found in Spain.

Yesterdays release of Microsofts Internet Explorer 5.0 was a relatively subdued affair.

Lowell House parties, or "mixers" were subdued genteel affairs.

Instead there's just a summer-soaked hymn to the imagination and a subdued, unspoken love affair, Brief Encounter with Billy Liar dream-escapades thrown in.

Kidd's choice in borrowed hair is a fairly subdued shoulder-length affair, in stark contrast to some of the "big wigs," i.e., the giant cascades of curls favored by some crotchety bald English businessmen.