Sentence examples for was generally muted from inspiring English sources

Market activity was generally muted.

Among those who routinely cover Hollywood, reaction to those stats was generally muted, or unsurprised.

But he was generally muted about political issues, and by the nineteen-seventies his broader push for social action had only strengthened.

Though the commission of an inquiry report (which has recently came out) condemned the brutal treatment of the protesters, the official response was generally muted and only nominal changes were leveled against some in the security apparatus -- all of which is likely to feed greater resentment toward the state which Iran is likely to encourage.

The emotions were generally muted, though, perhaps because Nuggets fans were too giddy to bother with negativity.

"The recession may be over," he added, "but the debt crisis is decidedly not.'" In the August vacation season, with much of Europe preparing for a long holiday weekend, politicians were generally muted in their reaction to the G.D.P. report.

Mr. Barbour has been generally muted in his criticism of BP and was among the first Republicans to object to the Obama administration's insistence on a $20 billion BP escrow account to settle damage claims.

Public reaction to the alleged affair has been generally muted in France.

The colors are generally muted: greens and grays and blacks and an extraordinary variety of browns.

They are generally muted versions of the basic sweet Italian basil; they can add visual spice to a plate, but not a whole lot of flavor.

In his fiction, however, political elements were generally muted or absent until the publication of the explicitly political novel Libro de Manuel in 1973.