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Meanings of tone down 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
The family say the house is damp and unsafe for their children.
2
Food was paltry and hygienic conditions often dismal in damp overcrowded cells.
3
Silverfish only thrive in damp conditions, so they're fairly easy to control.
4
I bring coffee,' she said firmly, and took the damp bundle away.
5
The street lamps were alight; the rays glittered on the damp pavements.
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.
Usage of tone down in English
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.
6
I shall not attempt to tone down the crudeness of Hungerford's language.
7
But a NATO source said ministers asked Gates to tone down public criticism.
8
The record company never told them to tone down the look, Crombie said.
9
She could tone down the violence of what had happened in that tomb.
10
That's how police are able to tone down the public outcry and emotions.
11
But Pyongyang appeared to tone down recent rhetoric of impending war.
12
But the central government in Beijing is keen to tone down the festivities.
13
In 1978 Patrick Stewart made a conscious decision to tone down Shylock's Jewishness:
14
Commercially prepared mustards tone down the reaction by adding ingredients such as flour.
15
Possibly the narrator, or redactor, desired to tone down the traces of mythology.
16
She laughs, and then seems to think she should tone down the rhetoric.
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Translations for tone down
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South Africa
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Ireland
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United States of America
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