2035 examples of damped in sentences

One might have supposed that this catastrophe would have somewhat damped the sufferer's ardour; but instead of that he only seemed fired with a fresh desire to break his neck.

When they crouched down again, with the damped-out fire between them, a sense of utter loneliness fell upon each man's heart.

The second battle was really a victory, but all rejoicing was damped by the news that one consul was dead and the other dying.

A British coldness of blood damped as it were the Russian quixotism which would desire to see result follow upon actionto see the world make quicker progress than its Creator has decreed.

Old nuts may be freshened in this manner; or walnuts, when first picked, may be put into an earthen pan with salt sprinkled amongst them, and with damped hay placed on the top of them, and then covered down with a lid.

In youth, by genius nurs'd, And big with lofty views, he to the world Went forth, pure in his heart, against the taint Of dissolute tongues, 'gainst jealousy, and hate, And scorn, against all enemies prepared, All but neglect: and so, his spirit damped At once, with rash disdain he turned away, 1798.

The world, for so it thought, Owed him no service: he was like a plant Fair to the sun, the darling of the winds, But hung with fruit which no one, that passed by, Regarded, and, his spirit damped at once, With indignation did he turn away 1800.]

I was prevailed upon to fluster myself, with an intention to make some advances, which, if obliged to recede, I might lay upon raised spirits: but the instant I beheld her, I was soberized into awe and reverence: and the majesty of her even visible purity first damped, and then extinguished, my double flame.

But the hope thus suggested was quickly damped when he reflected that a deep fissure, which ran perpendicularly through the rock, formed a chasm ten feet in width, in the floor of the cavern, between him and his place of refuge.

But the pleasure which the latter part of this communication afforded was damped by the tidings it imparted respecting Arnoldas on his speedy capture and safe delivery depended Andre's relief.

And then his heart went thumping, and the perspiration damped the lovely lining of his new hat; and his legs trembled, literally!

For the first half hour or so he chooses common and easy words, that the spirit of the evening may not be damped by the too early thinning of the classes.

Even Victorine's aggressive joy at having caught him was damped when she could not get him to pay attention to what she was saying.

" At last I accepted my dismissal and walked off, my happiness considerably damped by the awkward predicament in which we stood.

Do you suppose that that most energetic and fearless desire shown by the Roman people for recovery of their liberty has been damped and weakened by hearing of this embassy for peace?

Abad rejoiced when the fearful visit was over, and, well pleased with his success, was preparing to depart; but his joy was damped on finding the hammer so heavy that he could not, without difficulty, remove it from off the shield.

My own courage, I can honestly say, had not failed me,I was ready for hardship, but to go alone into a strange world damped my ascetic ardor and confounded all the plans I had made.

His yell disappeared as if it had been damped.

The planting trees of liberty seems to have damped the spirit of freedom; and since there has been a decree for wearing the national colours, they are more the marks of obedience than proofs of affection.

"Well," the stranger went on, a little damped perhaps by his failure, but supported apparently by the interest of the fact in hand, "I had the smoking-room to myself for a while, and then a fellow put his head in that I thought I knew after I had thought I didn't know him.

he said roughly, laughing that wicked, cruel laugh of his, which damped her eagerness, and struck chill terror into her heart, "aye!

On his arrival at Isabella, the admiral had the satisfaction to learn that his brother Don Bartholomew Columbus was there, but this pleasing intelligence was much damped by information that the natives of the island had risen in arms against the Spaniards.

The next day after this conversation, I walked with my horticultural zeal much damped, and wandered along the dyke by the broad river, looking at some pretty peach trees in blossom, and thinking what a curse of utter stagnation this slavery produces, and how intolerable to me a life passed within its stifling influence would be.

But all my pleasure was damped by the facts which were now continually before me.

" He would walk around them and look at their tires, his hands on his hips perhaps and his mouth damped shut in deep cogitation.

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