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were damping

  • past progressive
    of damp.
    damp
    adjective
    slightly wet; moist.

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We thought she had fled because she could not endure the sight of blood, and we were not sorry, for her manifest disapproval and anxiety were damping the excitement of the occasion.

From The Story Girl by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery