dampen
verb (used with object)
will dampen
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future tenseof dampen.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Although investors appear to be uneasy about the leak, some analysts don’t think it will dampen sales of the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Ultimately, it will dampen the very economic activity Congress budgeted to preserve.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
That risk will be priced into valuations and will dampen enthusiasm for investing in the very innovations that policymakers say they want, such as better flu, RSV, pneumococcal and meningococcal vaccines.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 6, 2026
Do you think the transfer decisions of high NIL earners will dampen the will to spend?
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
The most wholesome food, if taken in excess, will clog the system with waste matter just as too much coal will dampen and extinguish the fire in the furnace.
From Nature Cure by Henry Lindlahr
