Sentence examples for they were subdued from inspiring English sources
They were subdued today and nearly expressionless as they entered the courtroom here in handcuffs.
Although the Twins had secured their most important victory of the season, they were subdued and embarrassed.
"The crowd, each time the news would come on, they were subdued and solemn and just a little sad," Mr. Burns said.
They were subdued by German forces in 1898, but only after seven years of severe fighting and after Mkwawa had committed suicide to avoid capture.
However, in the process of trying to light explosives, they were subdued by air crew and other passengers and the plane returned to Hotan, the report said.
Out there they were subduing the earth, extracting oil, feeding those flares, discovering the impossible and mixing with Americans.
Everyone was so excited earlier; now they are subdued and grow more subdued as prizes are won and the potential web of alternative futures gets smaller and smaller, until there are only the people who won and everyone else who didn't".
If they fight back, they beat them until they are subdued enough to be transported to a truck where they are locked in the back and driven to the anexo.
The horses, trapped by the vehicles, were subdued; they seemed to have survived in fairly good health, residents said.
Compared with the volatility of punk, or the bombast of Meatloaf and Led Zeppelin, who both placed high on the charts in 1979, the Cure were subdued — they took the heat out of playing guitar.
