Sentence examples for subdued subject from inspiring English sources

Many feel unnerved by the image of a goateed hypnotist swinging his pocket watch to and fro while telling his subdued subject, "You are getting sleepy".

In her 2008 book The Reformation Manifesto, Cindy Jacobs provided a template for Christian world domination and argued that, 1. Be fruitful and multiply: 'to be or grow great;... to make large, enlarge, increase' 2. Fill the earth: 'to fill, be full.... to consecrate' 3. Subdue: 'to subject, subdue;... make subservient;'bringng into bondage' 4. Have dominion: 'rule, subjugate.' ".

Though she remains popular with her subjects, the relatively subdued Golden Jubilee celebration for her 50th reflects the waning public interest in the monarchy.

In most respects, the Americas, with which the "Spanish Empire" has always been associated, were ancillary, and Philip spent most of the vast wealth that they generated on vainly trying to subdue his Dutch subjects.

Among the trial's subjects, the tension was more subdued.

After all, when the terrorist plots have been foiled and the outlaw regimes subdued, you may find your mind wandering to subjects like whether you can afford to send your daughter to college.

In the final installment, on Wednesday evening, the subject was Cage's introspective side, captured in subdued, slow-moving works that encouraged a calm focus, even as colors and textures shifted subtly.

Anne Stevenson apparently had not subdued the natives but had been captured by them and subjected to God knows what tortures.

Bush, in his remarks on both subjects, gay marriage and Zarqawi, struck a restrained, almost subdued tone.

When a tribe was subdued and its lands added to the imperial realm, Rome would appropriate the subject-people's gods and add them to an ever-growing pantheon of exotic divinities.

Ranging from subdued chuckles to hysteria bordering on tears, the four-minute dialogue between male and female subjects provokes the observer to question what emotions are being expressed and how to recognize their meaning.