"Danceable, fast-tempo pop might suggest intense, vibrant colors; whereas slow, dramatic, classical music would suggest muted, somber tones".
His dances tend to be cool, almost formal exercises in shape and pattern, leavened by understated encounters between dancers that suggest muted emotional currents surging between them.
But he throws this delicate, intelligent film, which at its best suggests a muted hybrid of "The Visitor" and "It's a Wonderful Life," off balance.
Jason Merrells is terrific, suggesting the muted pain of a crusty self-made man who is baffled by his son and manipulative wife.
Mr. Gilberto possesses the definition of a "head" voice, and much of his singing has a nasal quality suggesting a muted trombone.
Analysts suggested the muted reaction might indicate that the news was expected, since consolidation seemed inevitable and Instinet had been in talks and without a top executive.
Rothrock suggests a "muted" approach, making sure that hair, makeup, and jewelry are conservative with minimal perfume or cologne.
A more realistic definition of poverty would, in turn, suggest a more muted, if still positive, impact of liberalization on poverty reduction.
In view of the praise lavished on Brick Lane, does the follow-up's muted reception suggest that we prefer it when an English-Bangladeshi novelist tells us about multicultural Britain, and not Portuguese village life?
In the other economies, the link between personal experience and expectations for the distant future are far more muted, suggesting that the recession may be exerting a particularly divisive effect on British psychology.
Indeed, Mr Chubais's criticism of the Yukos affair has recently become somewhat more muted, suggesting that he may have been read the riot act.Corporate KremlinologyDeducing what, exactly, Mr Chubais is up to, and whether Mr Putin is likely to tolerate it, is a game of speculation on a par with Soviet-era Kremlinology.
