Sentence examples for was dampened from inspiring English sources

But the instructions were delivered with such deadpan understatement that the presumed humor was dampened.

But my initial enthusiasm was dampened somewhat when I tested a Sedona for a week.

But the festive atmosphere was dampened by an almost funereal tone.

But the fire was dampened, and not helped by a violent mugging he endured in 1993 in Camberwell, south London.

Meantime, government spending was dampened because health care costs grew slowly as a result of the rise of H.M.O.'s.

Baskerville's early enthusiasm for letter-founding and typesetting was dampened by the tremendous cost of his work.

But the bounce of the court, which had so often enhanced Nadal's heavy topspin, was dampened by rain early Sunday.

About 11percentt of voters citywide turned out that year, in an election that also contained no exciting state or national contests and was dampened by bad weather.

Their elation was dampened, however, when they went to get their mortgage, which had been agreed to in principle a few months earlier.

The euphoria among immigrant groups surrounding Veliz's address was dampened a little by news out of Arizona that broke just a couple of hours earlier.

The elation of the crowds was dampened when it was revealed that a girl had died after being run over by the bulldozer which stormed the parliament.