verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
subdued/dim/soft lighting (= lighting that is not very bright )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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The old Gary Beaner continues to live on as a receptacle for Pale Eagle, but in a more subdued fashion.
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The civil trial provided a more subdued sequel, since Fujisaki refused to allow television cameras into his courtroom.
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The young are particularly vivid, their colors and patterns changing systematically with growth to the more subdued beauty of the adult.
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San Francisco is more sophisticated, but consequently more subdued .
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Where Dorati is elegant, Saccani is lyrical, where Dorati is sometimes joyful, Saccani is more subdued .
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Hinds seemed more subdued , distracted.
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Lininger and Amlee are more subdued in their assessments.
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Although an aging populace and a more subdued economy contribute to this trend, other factors fuel it, too.
■ VERB
seem
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Hinds seemed more subdued , distracted.
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For some one who had just completed an incisive experiment, Stafford seemed remarkably subdued , even irritable.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Government forces have managed to subdue the rebels.
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He felt the urge to apologize, but then subdued it.
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Security guards used pepper spray to subdue the man.
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The army has been used to subdue unrest in the country's capital.
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The soldiers managed to subdue the angry crowd.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Its tone is obtrusive and difficult to subdue .
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Mostly they have been military, the attempt of one nation to subdue the rest.
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The marines arrived, subdued the sailors, and took them back to the base.
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These techniques smooth ruffled feathers, paper over cracks, subdue ominous rumblings.