Sentence examples for subdued air from inspiring English sources

The return of Premier League football to Selhurst Park carried a subdued air even before kick-off as it was done without the man who had effectively secured it, Pulis, and with Palace gripped by an unexpected air of instability after the optimism that concluded last season.

After the presidential elections there's a subdued air about Cairo.

THERE was a subdued air of excitement at Nassau Coliseum Tuesday night.

This made his mother break down and cry and there was a subdued air on the way home.

There was a bit of a subdued air to it all – the political hacks seemed to smell the Tory fear of a hung parliament.

Born and educated in Colombia, Mr. Betancurth describes his performances as being inspired by the lives and deaths of Roman Catholic saints; his stagelike installation, filled with mementos he associates with his mother, has the subdued air of a shrine.

So let the record state that she laughs often but has a subdued, melancholy air.

The restaurant had a subdued, businesslike air at lunch, and the seafood dishes had flair (crab cakes with hummus and tomatillo sauce).

Imus, who is more subdued off the air, met me in his office.

In comparison Ms. Learned is refreshingly subdued, and with her air of fractured dignity she gives the evening some genuine tremors of emotion.

After being handcuffed and subdued by a federal air marshal on the flight, the unruly singer was removed from the plane, detained and eventually released citing her diabetes as an explanation for the strange behavior.