In the car afterward, Finch was subdued, her enthusiasm gone.
Whenever I saw him subsequently he would greet me most warmly, although after he became president in 1974 I had the feeling that the uneasy responsibilities of power subdued his early enthusiasm.
Since the subdued stutter of "Seinfeld," "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "The Office" have demonstrated so plainly to the contrary, why is loud still considered funny?
He paid lip service to pessimism but was unable to subdue his intellectual enthusiasms or his delight at the success of others.
After losing all but a few minutes of the opening day on Monday to hurricane Isaac, the first full day on Tuesday was largely subdued, with little of the raucousness and enthusiasm normally found at Republican conventions.
Many of the players showed enthusiasm for the lineup change, but a subdued Humphries seemed unsure how to proceed, especially because the lineup change resulted in him not entering the game at all.
The speakers who came next — including Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Senator Charles E. Schumer and the Jets' owner, Woody Johnson — were more subdued than Fireman Ed, and were received with far less enthusiasm.
The coverage might seem more subdued on other major television networks, reflecting the fact that there is generally less enthusiasm for presidential inaugurations the second time around.
Mr. Greenspan did temper his newfound enthusiasm with the view that the economic growth that is now in evidence will probably be subdued.
Sarcastic, conversational, honest, subdued.
