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Meanings of damp (damping) in English
Synonyms
Examples for "dull"
Examples for "dull"
1
Yet, the faint cries for help plus some dull thumping noises continue.
2
And in one as in the other the finer susceptibilities grow dull.
3
As so often with the environment, it's the dull things that work.
4
You sit dull in the market all day; you want a feast.
5
Europe's belief in a dull but safe civilisation is its main attraction.
1
His history makes the adage 'innocent until proven guilty' a mute point.
2
He didn't speak, just held his hands up in a mute question.
3
Yet low inflation and modest employment gains may mute bond market fears.
4
Most of the inhabitants had gone forth; others remained in mute expectation.
5
In his greatest hour of need, his father's spirit remained mute, unreachable.
1
National elections can often dampen demand as buyers put off major purchases.
2
Another round of losses in a new area would further dampen credit.
3
Still, the results did not dampen the company's expectations for the year.
4
Trump's problems with Latino voters could dampen his Nov. 8 election hopes.
5
Rising U.S. interest rates usually dampen attractiveness of higher yields in Asia.
1
I must not have heard her enter the house through the muffle.
2
Wired: Speakers hidden behind the piano-black front bezel provide crisp, muffle-free audio.
3
The wind seemed to muffle it and fly away with it directly.
4
If I did muffle the oars it was for a good reason.
5
It rang again-louderthis time, without the purse to muffle the sound.
1
The definite pursuit of the higher good will deaden the lower anxieties.
2
Besides, he couldn't bear to deaden his only connection to the outside.
3
A dread seemed to descend upon him and deaden his natural buoyancy.
4
Thick carpets, into which the feet sink, deaden the sound of footsteps.
5
By this common device she had sought to deaden the vivid lightning.
1
So let's tone down the schadenfreude and hope that Theranos can deliver.
2
Plus, like I said, you need to tone down the compassion anyway.
3
As for the curtsy, I'm trying to tone down my wrist action.
4
She must do something to tone down the beating of her heart.
5
There is no effort to touch up or tone down the portrait.
Usage of damping in English
1
An electronically controlled damping system automatically varies according to the driving situation.
2
Many seeds come coated with a fungicide that helps prevent damping off.
3
Beryllium is light, durable, extremely rigid, and has exceptional internal damping properties.
4
Eddie had mounted them with special vibration-damping units of his own design.
5
The negatives include ventilation controls that clunk and scrape with no damping.
6
Then you discharge them on a damping curve that is effectively vertical.
7
But the damping seemed to have put a chill in the air.
8
Is this encouraging the spirit of the soldiers, or damping their virtue?
9
Europe's largest economy is damping growth in the rest of the euro zone.
10
It was simply a matter, he said, of damping down that inner light.
11
He also carries a bottle of liquid for damping the respirator.
12
The sheets of printing paper are kept between these while damping before work.
13
The bike's suspension provided just the right damping through turns and over potholes.
14
I found this speech a little damping, but I bore it without flinching.
15
I knew that what he said was true, but I found it damping.
16
She found this recollection damping to her eloquence, and ended by saying tamely:
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Damping through the time
Damping across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common