mute
Example Sentences
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Volatility in crude prices makes it difficult to value stocks based on $90-$100 oil, they say, a challenge also reflected in the relatively muted share-price performance of global oil majors since the conflict started.
Throughout the theater, the colors are springlike and muted, pastels that are lightly bright and storybook-inspired.
From Los Angeles Times
Across the country there were muted celebrations this year for Eid-al-Fitr, when Muslims around the world mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
From BBC
The problem now for Tesla, according to Spak, who recommends selling, is that investors are starting to say that updates on these ventures have turned slower and more muted than expected.
From Barron's
But given the sizable threat to the global economy, Malek noted that stocks’ reaction has been relatively muted so far.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
