Sentence examples for was not dampened from inspiring English sources

Hammerson's shares have been lifted recently by takeover speculation, and this was not dampened down by comments by the company last week at its annual meeting which seemed to suggest it would be up for sale at the right price.

The crowd's enthusiasm was not dampened by a rain delay, even as the men's 100 was run nearly two hours after it had been scheduled because of weather concerns.

Marseille's momentum was not dampened by the interval.

"We were thrilled to see that the community's love of reading and books was not dampened by the weather," she said.

His enthusiasm for all things strawberry-related ("I love it! It is splendid!") wasn't dampened by the eventual answer, but mine was, a little.

But Mr. Stahl, the ride leader, said his enthusiasm for the vineyard jaunt wasn't dampened even when his horse lost a shoe, forcing Mr. Stahl to dismount and lead his horse the final 2 1/2 miles back to Martha Clara.

Kenny Smith's exuberant analysis -- sometimes too exuberant -- usually sparkles and is not dampened by a business agenda.

Their club may continually struggle but their spirits are not dampened, as Doidge says: "Too many people visit Italy for the sights, the food, the art or whatever.

Providing, that is, that when ordinary people realise that they, too, will have to pay higher taxes, their public spiritedness is not dampened.

She says her enthusiasm is not dampened by developments, in and near East Meadow, that are still on the drawing board, though Andrew Langus, president of the Kiwanis Club, says some residents worry that mega-projects may further congest traffic and harm the environment.

Animal density fluctuations during the post inoculation period were not dampened due to the conservative assumptions of unavailability of real-time measurements of density by stage.