Example Sentences

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The rest of us might be eyeing the New Year a little more warily, and mutedly, than last year.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2021

When the city started to swing, the former convent girl joined in, albeit mutedly.

From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2020

Since this show diverges so sharply from the source material, it gets to find some excitement in playing with Stephen King’s sleepy, mutedly gothic world, while still heading off into uncharted territory.

From The Verge • Jul. 27, 2017

The pain-free Tuscans are different: a mutation in a single gene called SCN9A means they feel pain mutedly, if at all.

From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2011

The speech was essentially, though mutedly, conservative, an evocation of Eisenhower themes.

From Time Magazine Archive