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Example sentences for: dampened

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One participant added that the current regulatory structure has dampened the profession's spirit for innovation.
Every day we collected any eggs deposited on the leaves with a soft, moist paintbrush and transferred them to dampened filter paper placed in the lid of a 16 mm diameter petri dish.
The United States dampened criticism of Netanyahu's refusal to halt an inflammatory Jewish settlement in Arab East Jerusalem, and stepped up pressure on Arafat to crack down on Islamic extremists.
The note of satire in Penn's performance is a hedge against the reverence that dampened such jazz sagas as Bertrand Tavernier's 'Round Midnight (1986), while the gorgeousness of the playing is a hedge against the satire.
The enthusiasm is dampened occasionally by downturns in world oil prices, but the atmosphere remains decidedly cheerful.