subdue

Breakfast was a very subdued affair.

a subdued plaid shirt.

The country was subdued by the enemy.

There is a subdued atmosphere in the school at exam time.

she managed to subdue an instinct to applaud.

Charles went on a campaign to subdue the Saxons.

I felt strangely subdued as I drove home.

Where whenas death shall all the world subdue,

Subdued my excitement about the upcoming holiday.

Farmers subdued the arid lands of Australia.

The subdued talk in the room faded down.

She tried to subdue her anger.

I felt strangely subdued when it was all over.

His soothing words subdued her fears.

She was dressed in grey and looked suitably subdued.

The vainglorious presence of Marilyn Monroe is placed alongside the subdued countenance of Mother Theresa, Che Guevara glares vehemently in opposition to the pacifistic visage of Mahatma Gandhi.