Sentence examples for was almost subdued from inspiring English sources

Keeping their focus on the path ahead, the players said their plane ride home was almost subdued.

Wie's gallery probably exceeded 4,000 at his highest, but the atmosphere was almost subdued at times.

With so much to brag about -- more than any other team -- they celebrated with dignity, in a way that was almost subdued by their standards.

Even though this was a night filled with tremendous symbolism, in which a son of the rough end of Brooklyn took his place at the peak of the borough's revival, it was almost subdued.

"Bigg Boss," which puts unlikely housemates under one roof for 14 weeks, has featured a former armed bandit (a woman), a seven-foot tall professional wrestler (a man), a steady stream of Bollywood starlets, a cross-dressing Pakistani television host and one famous import — Pamela Anderson, who did housework in a sarong and was almost subdued by comparison.

Carol Bartz was almost subdued on today's earnings call.

Karin Strobos, replacing Magdalena Kozena as Octavian, offers a straightforward, handsomely sung portrayal that contrasts with Anne Schwanewilms's Marschallin, so highly nuanced as to be almost subdued yet ultimately affecting.

Songs like Heartbreaker and So Familiar are almost perversely subdued.

When the Taser was being developed by a NASA researcher named Jack Cover in the late 1960s and early 70s, the premise was almost utopian: a weapon that could subdue criminals without killing them, or even doing them lasting harm.

On Saturday, Rodriguez seemed almost subdued, although he repeated how excited he was to join his teammates Monday.

So most of the time, the atmosphere is subdued, and the ride is almost library-quiet.