dampen

Example Sentences

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“After several months of encouraging signs in pending contracts and closed sales, the December new contract figures have dampened the short-term outlook.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Baseball’s obsession with velocity has dampened the soul of the sport.

From Los Angeles Times

Other more moderate tariffs remain in place, which have severely dampened Chinese exports to the US.

From BBC

Some feared an exodus of entrepreneurs would dampen that effect.

From The Wall Street Journal

Relief washed over him, but it was dampened almost immediately when he noticed his family’s onyx ring on a chain around her neck.

From Literature