Sentence examples for try to subdue from inspiring English sources

We try to subdue tension and emotion by giving a rational, technocratic account of the decision.

They did not try to subdue her and take her into custody without resorting to live fire.

The outcry over the blasts, and the military's early successes, emboldened Mr. Putin to try to subdue all of Chechnya.

If I get excited, next day I don't play very well, so I try to subdue my excitement, she said through a translator.

But even as Steinbrenner's heirs watch as the Yankees lavish money on another free agent not named Pettitte, the A.L. executive stressed that they would probably never have the temerity to try to subdue him.

Mussina had not pitched seven innings in his last seven starts and, more than anyone in the fragile rotation, the Yankees need him to be much crisper as they try to subdue the Red Sox.

He swung at an officer trying to subdue him.

If it rained, he tried to subdue the windshield wipers.

Blind had terrible problems trying to subdue Shaqiri.

According to the Mount Pleasant police, officers were trying to subdue an unruly crowd around 1 a.m.

One police officer broke his hand trying to subdue Mr. Wu, the police said.