Sentence examples for subdued presence from inspiring English sources

While Li is a strangely subdued presence, Aaliyah, soon to be in Silver's franchise, The Matrix 2 and 3, looks great and gives the film what little heart it has.

Displaying none of the puppy-dog enthusiasm that former Vice President Dan Quayle exhibited when chosen by Governor Bush's father in 1988, Mr. Cheney was an ostentatiously subdued presence in his marathon of interviews.

The United States, usually a major player in Frankfurt, has a subdued presence this year, in part because the American subsidiary of Holtzbrinck, which owns St . Martins Press and Henry Holt, is boycotting the fair, after a dispute over hotel rates and exhibition fees.

Amazon had a good show, too, albeit with a decidedly more subdued presence.

But the first Anchorman was almost twice as successful at the box office as the first Zoolander, and the sequel caught star Will Ferrell amid a chain of hits; Stiller and Wilson, in contrast, have been subdued presences since the mid-noughties.

On the other hand, Garry Tallent was just fine filling in the gaps with his frequent scale wanderings and subdued stage presence.

The blast site was unnervingly calm by dusk, with approach roads closed off and a subdued police presence standing guard while trucks carried wrecked vehicles from the area.

The scene of the blast was calm by dusk, with access roads closed off and a subdued police presence standing guard while trucks carried wrecked vehicles from the area.