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Examples of muted
muted
Reaction from lawmakers was muted Thursday as the plan came out late in the day.
From the timesunion.com
Confidence in government anti-terrorism efforts likewise is muted across groups.
From the abcnews.go.com
There were a few disconsolate flag-wavers, but the general atmosphere was muted.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Despite the muted response, security officials said it was hardly time to relax.
From the washingtonpost.com
When improvising, bear in mind that flavors get muted in the process of gelling.
From the stltoday.com
Cannes 2012 was the dampest festival in recent memory and one of the more muted.
From the independent.co.uk
But the voice of the British left in opposition to the EU has so far been muted.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
The exhibition, in its muted way, is about something bigger than artistic merit.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Hungarian voters seem unfazed by this, and outside criticism has been muted too.
From the economist.com
- Hushed: in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand"
- Dull: being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets"
- (mute) a deaf person who is unable to speak
- (mute) expressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe
- (mute) muffle: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- (mute) a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
- Protein Muted homolog is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MUTED gene.
- The MUTE Network (or MUTE-net) is an unmaintained peer-to-peer file sharing network developed with anonymity in mind. The MUTE client is open source software released under the Public domain and includes support for the Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows computer operating systems.
- (Mute (album)) Mute is a compilation album released in 2000 on Hush Records. The disc of instrumental music is a sampler of the label's roster.
