Putting her characteristic feverish intensity in the service of the medical fads of her day, she once again strikes the note to which her contemporaries vibrated, and to which we ourselves may helplessly, if somewhat more mutedly, respond. ❋ Unknown (2009)
ROBERTS: Turning now to the economy, President Obama sounding a familiar theme these days once again taking a somewhat mutedly optimistic tone in his speech yesterday at Georgetown University. ❋ Unknown (2009)
(She's played, mutedly, by Juliet Stevenson, who is only four years older than Mr. Firth.) ❋ Unknown (2008)
Entrepreneurship will continue, at least somewhat mutedly, as entirely new green-friendly, social support and preventive health enterprises are established. ❋ Unknown (2008)
And if we are reacting mutedly, than we're inviting further attacks and further arming of Hezbollah. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Kenneth nodded sympathetically, and through the trees the track announcer mutedly called for the start of another race. ❋ Jonathan Ames (2004)
Looking at the woman, demurely gowned in mutedly iridescent silk, her fingers resting lightly on her husband's sleeve, Derian was at first inclined to dismiss those rumors as mere superstitious talk. ❋ Unknown (2001)
"Yes," she said mutedly, her gaze on the task she was doing. ❋ Anderson, Poul, 1926- (1991)
"The checks and balances begin to break down," Hanno said mutedly, through a cloud of blue smoke. ❋ Anderson, Poul, 1926- (1989)
"I thank you, dear old friend," she answered mutedly, "but I do have my own road before me." ❋ Anderson, Poul, 1926- (1989)
Indoors, more mutedly, there were deep-blue velvet curtains, good-looking large rugs over the silver-grey carpet, blue velvet sofas and armchairs - and dozens and dozens of seascapes crowding the walls. ❋ Francis, Dick, 1920- (1981)
Nawin sniggered mutedly while feeling both amusement and aversion at being in this guest house and in this company, this effeminate role to which he found himself in, and of becoming so old despite feeling youthful physically even with all this distorted emotional stretching over the past month. ❋ Unknown (N/A)
He travelled up to town with Sir Abraham Quatley and talked, and took and gave hints upon City and Commercial affairs, while the honeyed Italian of the conventional, gloriously animal, stress and flutter had a revel in his veins, now and then mutedly ebullient at the mouth: honeyed, golden, rich in visions; -- having surely much more of ❋ George Meredith (1868)
Italian of the conventional, gloriously animal, stress and flutter had a revel in his veins, now and then mutedly ebullient at the mouth: honeyed, golden, rich in visions; -- having surely much more of Nature's encouragement to her children? ❋ George Meredith (1868)
The pain-free Tuscans are different: a mutation in a single gene called SCN9A means they feel pain mutedly, if at all. ❋ Stuart Jeffries (2011)
Apart from a few works-a wonderful sculpture by Huma Bhabha, a vast wall piece by Piotr Uklański, and mutedly horrific photographs by Stephanie Sinclair and Nina Berman-this Biennial seems intent not only on not offending aesthetic appetite but practically on sedating it. ❋ Newyorker.com (2010)
A great silence rocked London, in which all of the capital's six million inhabitants mutedly roared unanimously: "HE HASN'T ANSWERED THE QUESTION!" ❋ Unknown (2010)
