Sentence examples for was first subdued from inspiring English sources

The explosion came after the man was first subdued and then shot by soldiers.

Dressed in evening wear, Ms. Young, a star of "Blade Runner" and "Stripes," was first subdued by a guard in a "citizen's arrest" and then taken into custody by authorities.

Wiener too describes contrasts, saying the singer's voice can be "at first subdued; soon it almost cracks with despair".

Second was our subdued response to the kidnapping and killing of Amb.

In contrast to the first half, the second was much more subdued.

At first "Swelter" was a subdued collection of sustained sounds coming from surrounding enclaves of brass players on the edges of the lake: a distant hum of mellow tones that piled up to form quivering chords.

With that pedigree and a cast that included the excellent Emily Watson, the forecast was fireworks, but the first episode was oddly subdued and clunkily predictable in set-up.

Even Sammy Sosa, who usually incites the fans by sprinting to his position in right field like a runaway halfback before the first pitch, was subdued, jogging to shallow right to start the game.

The doors opened at 7 30, but the audience was pretty subdued for the first three and a half hours.

The Centre Court crowd was strangely subdued in the first set, as if unsure of which 6-foot, power-hitting, pony-tailed blonde to throw its support behind.

The atmosphere was oddly subdued in the fourth quarter, with the game a blowout and the significance of the result in British Basketball history likely lost on large portions of the crowd.