subdued
Example Sentences
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Subdued sales activity was weighed by a nine-day Lunar New Year holiday and cooling consumer demand.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
It’s harder to find this brand Subdued here.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2024
“U.S. is Subdued Again by Davy,” Life, April 25, 1955.
From Slate • Aug. 31, 2023
"Subdued client demand both domestically and internationally were central to the latest deterioration and contributed to a solid reduction in new orders."
From Reuters • May 2, 2023
Subdued, Spurge said, “We had better start to climb again.”
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
Vocabulary lists containing subdued
"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 6
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