23 collocations for dampen

One of these, as if to dampen such great enthusiasm a little, asked him where he had studied the first years of Latin.

She decided not to dampen the children's good spirits that evening with the discouraging news in the letter.

He remembered his own delight three months before, even with the haunting thoughts of his mother's reproaches to dampen his ardor, and he was soon dazzling the neophyte with the wonders that were just about to begin.

The incident seemed to have dampened Lanyard's ardour for exercise.

Now the ideas which the Greeks had about their women could not but dampen any elevated feelings of love that might otherwise have sprung up in them.

" A proceeding so official somewhat dampened the fires of Mr. Keyts.

" For answer the guard dampened the flap of the envelope, sealed it, thrust it into his pocket and passed on.

Dave doffed his green eye-shade and his apron of striped ticking, hastily dampened his hands in the tin washbasin and wiped them on a roller towel rich in historic associations.

You know I don't want to dampen your happiness, boys" and Uncle Timothy looked tenderly from one face to another, out of the wisdom of his greater experience.

I understand considerate and generous youth, your wish to dampen hopes that may possibly be yet thwarted, but I have too long, and too often, trusted this dangerous element, not to know that he who has the wind can speak, or not, as he pleases.

But we never permitted any question of priority to dampen our interest in the thing.

But to set out for a foreign land with no backing whatever in the hope of accomplishing that which no American salesman had ever been able to accomplish, and to finance the undertaking out of his own pocket on a sum less than he would have expected for cigarette moneywell, it was an enterprise to test a fellow's courage and to dampen the most youthful optimism.

When we arose it was raining, and I feared that the weather might dampen somewhat the pleasures of the day, as it had done to the celebrated tournament at Eglintoun Castle.

" She started to do as I requested but had scarcely dampened the rag when a man came in through the wrecked door, picked his way forward a couple of steps, and stopped, staring about at the scene.

It would not weaken him, dampen his fiery resolution, to give her that.

V. sound dead; stop the sound, damp the sound, deaden the sound, deaden the reverberations, dampen the reverberations.

A dense fog had come up from the river, and the moisture floating into his open windows had dampened his whole room.

However, I had the authority to go to press with quotes throwing into question the viability of luxury tourism in a land where the season lasts little over four months slightly dampening the gushing tone of the article.

The lowering clouds outside, the creakings of the beams and rafters under the east wind, nor even the drab gloom of her surroundings seemed to dampen her sudden access of good nature.

The failure of these projects did not dampen the zeal of the advocates of higher education.

The man speaking had a shrill voice, and his words were so terrifying that I shook all over; my hair felt as though it were trying to pull itself out by its roots; a cold sweat dampened my clothes.

We were elated with the prospect of getting among the hills again, and we heeded not the frequent showers which had dampened the enjoyment of the Pentecost holidays, to the good citizens of Dresden, and might spoil our own.

A faint moisture dampened the old man's withered eyes.

23 collocations for  dampen