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Meanings of subdued tones in English

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Usage of subdued tones in English
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There were in it four women, all talking eagerly in subdued tones.
Delia Blanchflower
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Both murmured in subdued tones, in order not to annoy other players.
The Guests Of Hercules
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The Boy silently took his mother's hand and asked in subdued tones:
The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
4
Mary and her husband walked up and down, talking in subdued tones.
Phantom Fortune, a Novel
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They were all chatting together in subdued tones round the baby's coffin.
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
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The dancers talked in subdued tones which scarcely disturbed the nightingales.
The Car of Destiny
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The door was shaded, and the assembly spoke in subdued tones.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks / Book Number Fifteen...
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They talked in subdued tones and cast occasional furtive glances at the door.
The Boy Allies Under the Sea; Or, The Vanishing Submarines
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Her grandmother sprang to her feet and asked in subdued tones:
The Victim: A Romance of the Real Jefferson Davis
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She had an outbreak of anger and despair in subdued tones.
Victory: An Island Tale
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As the lookout, crestfallen and surly, went below, Barnett said in subdued tones:
The Mystery
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Then, in subdued tones, he told of the meeting with Harbert.
Jane Cable
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The low, savage, subdued tones of the officer had once thrilled his soul.
The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
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At last Mooney spoke again, in strangely soft and subdued tones.
For the Term of His Natural Life
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People spoke in subdued tones, and glided whisperingly, wonderingly, silently about the streets.
Behind the Scenes; or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in t...
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The crowd, not cheering much now, but talking in rather subdued tones, dispersed.
The Guns of Bull Run: A Story of the Civil War's Eve
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