tamp
Example Sentences
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Sal stews morosely amid bursts of threatening belligerence that Sonny tries to tamp down.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Kirk on Thursday sought to tamp down the divisions on the right, which she said had appeared after Charlie's death.
From Barron's • Dec. 20, 2025
The full impact of tariffs hasn’t yet been felt by retailers, and it is possible more price hikes could tamp down consumer spending.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
The video was part of a Department of Transportation “civility campaign” that aims to tamp down on in-flight fighting and other “unruly passenger behavior.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
Ebright was dead serious, and he needed to tamp down expectations in Berkeley.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
