Sentence examples for subdued laughter from inspiring English sources

Think of those actors giving interviews that constantly have a slight smile on their faces and are prone to little bouts of subdued laughter.

In place of the subdued, slightly self-conscious laughter one typically hears at the opera, the audience responded to the cast's sight gags with the more unbuttoned laughter of the movie theater.

The judge made a thinly veiled attempt to hide her giggles, while the court officers made no attempt whatsoever to subdue their outright laughter.

But on the streets that abruptly end at ground zero, the laughter is more subdued, the atmosphere almost funereal.

But here on streets that abruptly end at ground zero, a place still piled high with debris and human remains, the laughter is more subdued, the atmosphere almost funereal.

Laughter is more subdued at Introverts United meetings, where members discuss "the common challenges of being introverted in a culture that values extroversion," as Michael Barrett, a Rollins junior and club president, would explain only in an e-mail (an "introvert thing").

Sarcastic, conversational, honest, subdued.

Colman was subdued.

She became more subdued.

Today we are subdued.

The third quarter was subdued.