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Example sentences for "damped"

Lexicographically close words:
damosel; damosell; damosels; damozel; damp; dampen; dampened; dampening; damper; dampers
  1. Fill the frame or case with slightly damped earth and ram it tight, leaving the usual hollow hearth.

  2. Ordinary surface soil, not too sandy, acts well, if damped and rammed thoroughly.

  3. A monster meeting is his great joy, to be damped only by the rain [the great open-air meetings of the Chartists were uniformly unfortunate in their weather] or the police.

  4. Her composed face, her air of increasing surprise, damped his ardour considerably.

  5. The sudden cessation of her letters had damped his hopes considerably.

  6. His followers of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh had already obtained the most productive part of the land; they were now resting on their laurels, and damped the warlike impetus of their brethren.

  7. This state of things contrasted sadly with the new-born hopes of the people, and damped the courage of some even of the nobler spirits.

  8. He had bound up the child's arm with leaves, and wrapped it up with bits of bark; and when I came he damped it with water from my bag.

  9. While at work our clothes were damped with a sprinkling, but not enough rain fell to leave any on the ground.

  10. Every post which arrived from Saint Germains brought intelligence which damped the ardour of his adherents.

  11. This was a grave error, and had damped the zeal of many.

  12. But a double failure had damped the expectations of the Directory.

  13. The satisfaction this gentleman had felt on finding the business of his embassy was like to terminate so happily, was very much damped at seeing himself received in this manner.

  14. But my desire to make it known has been damped by the way in which Alec was received, or rather rejected, by the Secretary of the Society for Psychical Research.

  15. He tried to be lively; he cracked jokes, but the sight of the grim face and the stony eyes riveted on him damped his spirits, and all his mirth died away.

  16. Not at all," I retorted, for I was far too pleased and excited with my prospects to be damped by Carrie's want of enthusiasm.

  17. The pleasure which they felt in the hope of soon solving the mysterious problem which had been hid for so many ages, was however damped by the thought of their precarious situation, and the hostile reception which they might meet with at Eboe.

  18. The fatal termination of Park's second journey by no means damped the ardent desire of acquiring fresh knowledge concerning the interior of Africa.

  19. Quite a quarter of an hour passed now, and it seemed as if the spirits of the French chasseurs were too much damped for their officers to get them to advance again.

  20. We were thankful, I can tell you, to make tracks at last for the reserve line, but it was raining hard and it damped our spirits to find our new trench waterlogged.

  21. Rumour that the final halt was only a few hundred yards ahead helped to improve matters, but even this flicker of hope was damped by the heavy rain that constantly poured down.

  22. This considerably damped their ardour, and afforded time for the rest of the guns to come into action.

  23. This they charged grandly, and in a few moments a swarm of Boers fled through the tempest, followed for miles by the troops with ardour little damped by the nature of the weather.

  24. It's not the night, doctor, that has damped his spirits," said Allan.

  25. The unsuccessful result of the siege of Schomberg's camp greatly damped Walter's enthusiasm.

  26. With his spirits somewhat damped by his cousin's view of the case, John returned with him to the house.

  27. She ran and dipped her handkerchief into the splashing mill-tail, and with it damped Matilda's face.

  28. Loveday and Anne waited for them, saying but little to each other, for the rencounter with Festus had damped the spirits of both.

  29. At the same time, Douglas informed him of the hard conditions annexed to the proclamation, and extremely damped that joy which might arise from his being recognized sovereign in one of his kingdoms.

  30. But all the pleasure which Charles reaped from this joyous reception, was soon damped by the remonstrance of the commons, which was presented him, together with a petition of a like strain.

  31. One untoward accident damped the general joy for a moment.

  32. A few hours should be allowed to harden, and then finished off with a rubber slightly damped with thin polish.


  33. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "damped" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    bated; dead; dull; flat; muffled; muted; noiseless; smothered; softened; stifled; subdued