How To Use Subdue In A Sentence

He is the leader of a hilarious village of "unsubdued and irksome" Gauls still holding out against Caesar's legions in 50 B.C.
His desire to realize Henry VIII's plan to subdue French influence in Scotland and achieve the union of the Crowns became an obsession.
Untrained, they can be domineering, independent and reserved, especially when bred from working bloodlines - show lines tend to be calmer and more subdued.
The roof terrace looks down into the Grassmarket, while inside the subdued lighting and dark wooden furniture lends itself to romantic candlelit dinners.
Medication both subdues and pathologizes women's complaints.

It is expected to show rising unemployment helping to keep earnings growth relatively subdued. Times, Sunday Times
Coates wry, muttered lyrics lend his ditties a mischievous if subdued charm.
In one case, a man was subdued by police after squirting a mysterious spray at a Maryland subway station.
The colorful scenes tend to be counterbalanced by some dark and foreboding sets, and many shots feature subdued lighting that tends to strain shadow detail.
She had used make-up skilfully to mask her bruise, and with the subdued stage light it was scarcely visible.
A new way of imagining the song glimmers and vanishes before the chorus, as the subdued arrangement loses its subtlety and its way.
By the end, riot police had to subdue parts of the crowd. Christianity Today
The players were subdued, passes went astray, and the game lost any intensity.
When I stood on my native hills, and saw plain and mountain stretch out to the utmost limits of my vision, speckled by the dwellings of my countrymen, and subdued to fertility by their labours, the earth's very centre was fixed for me in that spot, and the rest of her orb was as a fable, to have forgotten which would have cost neither my imagination nor understanding an effort. Introduction, I.1
He was more subdued than he had been in the past month.
But art deco coloured glass means subdued lighting, hence the problems with reading the menu.
A cluster of ex-dividend stocks trading without the benefit of dividend payments helped keep dealing subdued.
The engine note is relatively subdued at lower revs and the ride is firm but compliant. Times, Sunday Times
The president spoke with passion for an hour, in marked contrast to his subdued address to the parliament yesterday.
I watched over my hasty temper, subdued my burning impatience of character, schooled my self-engrossing thoughts, educating myself to the best perfection I might attain, that the fruit of my exertions might be his happiness. The Last Man
There will be more measures in the next few years and these will continue to keep growth subdued. Times, Sunday Times
These are low-fi tunes, sometimes slouching, sometimes cheery, more subdued and experimental than usual. The Sun
His earlier, less subdued works contained elements of vibrant oranges and reds, acidic greens, bright pinks and yellows.
The film looks like any big-city hotel - an atrium, subdued lighting, comfy modern chairs on the ground floor.
So, they throw like girls, which implies weakness, yet they were vicious attackers who needed to be subdued with significant force?
And when this fierce way prevails, it masters and subdues all other ways and works; for it wills to be wayless, that is, without manner. The Adornment of the Spritual Marriage
During the training she unleashed several hook punches and uppercuts that were so ‘lightning fast’ they would subdue an aggressor before he know what hit him.
Don't paint the red apple as seen, brighten and lighten its mood or subdue and cool its expression.
Fans came to their local pub to see a band that can uplift even the most subdued crowd.
The cellist took up his bow, and drew across his instrument a few subdued notes of Bach.
That the Faroes would not be easily subdued was clear early in the second half when an exquisite Borg free kick from 25 yards out shaved the junction of Scotland's bar and post.
The district known as the Laveroch remained unconquered during the time of Henry II, Richard still did not subdue it, as he lost more men in its vastness than he did fighting.
This summer, there are vibrant paisley patterns and lush, tropical prints, as well as quirky sea-urchin pairs in turquoise, pink and lime, and a more subdued, blue-and-white turtle-print.
It took ten men to subdue him and when police arrived they found him still struggling, tied to a chair with electrical cord and asking for Chantal. Notorious: The Maddest and Baddest Sportsmen on the Planet
Since the included stereo track also sounds relatively cramped and subdued, optional subtitles should have been included.
The audience are strangely subdued, clapping politely after each song.
He was gazing idly at the baroque Italian candelabra in the painted dome above his head and reflecting how much more jolly it would have been if the posturing Loves and gilded amoretti had been replaced by lifelike models of the Board of Directors, when a subdued feminine voice in his ear startled him to attention. Sweet Danger
Breakfast was a very subdued affair.
The Japanese economy has continued to struggle and growth remains subdued. Times, Sunday Times
The atmosphere is subdued and clannish, like the aura inside an exclusive club.
The relatively subdued performances don't jive with the elaborate, ridiculous sketches.
Was relatively subdued before suffering what appeared to be a troublesome knee injury midway through the second half, which will cause England considerable consternation. Times, Sunday Times
This was a strangely subdued performance from Palace. Times, Sunday Times
Lt. Howard Jacobs says flight attendants and other passengers then subdued Chappille, as he disrobed. Wait. what?
The president spoke with passion for an hour, in marked contrast to his subdued address to the parliament yesterday.
After all, if you wander past many licensed premises in the early hours of the morning you are likely to hear subdued mutterings which the more feeble-minded are likely to interpret as ghosts.
It is incipient agriculture, but should be carefully distinguished from the _field agriculture_ in which extensive pieces of land are subdued by the plough. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest
Otherwise, the batsman ducked safely on a slow pitch and was rarely subdued for long. Times, Sunday Times
At the same time his subdued speaking style has left some prospective voters distinctly underwhelmed. Times, Sunday Times
In subdued colours they comprise practically endless pattern repeats.
Operating on 6 volts, this light provides 60 lumens of brightness to identify and target, and can subdue suspects without having to fire a shot.
The ambient subdued lighting enhances the Art Deco boldness as the black and white tiled floor and sculpted bar invoke memories of speakeasy days and jazz filled nights.
To be sure, we expect wage and employment growth to remain subdued. Times, Sunday Times
Cliff Waldman, an economist for the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI, said high unemployment will keep consumers anxious and keep household and business demand subdued even as a global recovery takes hold.
With unemployment expected to keep rising, wage growth should remain subdued. Times, Sunday Times
Pay growth is so subdued as to be almost surreal. Times, Sunday Times
The subdued satire of his keen eye burst out for an instant, and he looked as if he would have said, "Who is this yonker who is trespassing upon my retirement? Vivian Grey
The fire burned for eight hours before the fire crews could subdue it.
The earrings, chains, chokers and necklaces stood out for their designs - elegant but subdued, stylish yet not loud.
This explains why the pro-hunt protesters were subdued not by policemen, but by a group of men in frock coats who looked like they belonged to John Cleese's Ministry of Silly Walks.
More subtle subdued colours are available, too. Times, Sunday Times
In turn they were attacked again and again by the Danes from the north, who for a time gained a, strong foothold in the land, but were finally subdued and absorbed, or driven out by Alfred the Great who had succeeded in welding the various Anglo-Saxon communities into one unit under the leadership of the West Saxons. The Empire of Mankind
The atmosphere was still subdued in spring. Times, Sunday Times
The tamer and subduer of monsters and tyrants, Hercules (vanquished by the snares of loue), did not he handle the distaffe in stead of his mightie mace? The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1
The safeguarding of 2,600 jobs provides a timely boost for the high street as many shops struggle in dire weather and a subdued economy. Times, Sunday Times
Like the subdued quiet in a sleeping car, at a stop, after a continuous run. The Sun
A subdued Adam Gilchrist joined Waugh, and the pair set about milking the bowling as Australia at first struggled to emulate their effortless dominance of day one.
After that psychological barrier was passed, the remaining scrambles and squeezes were negotiated with relative ease, and any mutinous murmurs were thankfully subdued.
Once England is subdued, French forces need to turn on Germany / Scandinavia, with an excursion into the Med. if resources permit.
A fact which - I submit - should subdue any remaining overactive salivary glands.
Deer run here, but nature was subdued - the soft coo of a pigeon, the tracks of a rabbit, the thinnest of the branches bent low and coated thick.
This was a strangely subdued performance from Palace. Times, Sunday Times
The valves of beyrichonids, however, are less inflated and lobation is subdued in comparison to hipponicharionids.
Grasping her prey with her legs and jaws, in another moment the wriggling body is passive in her grasp, subdued by the potent anæsthetic of her sting -- a hypodermic injection which instantly produces the semblance of death in its insect victim, reducing all the vital functions to the point of dissolution, and then holds them suspended -- literally prolongs life, it would sometimes seem, even beyond its normal duration -- by a process which I might call ductile equation. My Studio Neighbors
Clough's early works are marked by a subdued palette of largely browns, greys and greens.
The colouring is usually much more subdued,with a watercolour-like thinness of texture.
But how is it that they are subdued into that {23} spherical obedience, like a crystal of wavellite? [ Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers
Bathing then in _Jatismara_, with pure mind and subdued senses, one acquireth, without doubt, the recollections of his former life. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 1
The earrings, chains, chokers and necklaces stood out for their designs - elegant but subdued, stylish yet not loud.
The share price reaction to this week's news was relatively subdued. Times, Sunday Times
The data are "consistent with very subdued medium term inflationary pressures," said BNP Paribas economist Eoin O'Callaghan. Trichet Keeps Softer Collateral Rules
The subdued hues of the soft corals and sponges and the shimmering fish flirting along the reef edge made a stunning spectacle.
Yea, and whereas to the carrying on of that course of obedience, it is necessary that the contrary principle unto it, which we mentioned before, be daily subdued, brought under, crucified, and mortified; there are no doctrines whatsoever that are of such and so direct and eminent a serviceableness to that end and purpose as those which inwrap such discoveries of God and his goodwill in The Doctrine of the Saints�� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed
There were intervals in which she could sit perfectly still, enjoying the outer stillness and the subdued light. Middlemarch
To be sure, we expect wage and employment growth to remain subdued. Times, Sunday Times
Below: A study in subdued femininity -- a tailored oxford cloth shirtwaist dress with a surprise: a hand crocheted butterfly lace collar. Modest Feminine Dress From the Pages of 1990 Victoria Magazine
The decor is tastefully minimal, largely reliant on dark woods and subdued upholstery, though it avoids lapsing into the prevailing cliches of the self-conscious boutique hotel with some appealing idiosyncratic touches.
bloodthirstiness" of a mate who was, after all, but a normal girl of that day, and who, girl as she was, never for a moment faltered in the high courage with which she threw herself into that combat, responding to the passionate urge for freedom in her blood that not five centuries of inhuman persecution could subdue? The Airlords of Han
Solitary species such as cicada killers, carpenter bees, digger wasps and mud daubers use their stingers to subdue the insects and spiders upon which they prey.
After the high drama last week, this is a much more subdued affair. Times, Sunday Times
Women should tone down makeup and go easy on the perfume; men are told to dress in subdued shades, and own at least three suits — for work, for summer and for weekends. Ukraine's Style Gets a Makeover
Within, the air was full of the rich scent of seasoned timber and the resiny smoke of torches, and the subdued murmur of voices among the lower tables fell silent as the three of them entered, Canon Meirion leading. His Disposition
As I left the press meeting in Auburn, I encountered a subdued Linda, her parents, and a young man who said he was a close friend of hers.
Pay growth is so subdued as to be almost surreal. Times, Sunday Times
He criticized the school for trying to subdue individual expression.
She shewed us plainly, that, though she permitted us to assign her laws and subdue her apparent powers, yet, if she put forth but a finger, we must quake.
Britain's low inflation comes from a mix of subdued cost growth at home and stagnation overseas. Times, Sunday Times
To 'replenish' the earth is to give out love ungrudgingly to all Nature, -- to 'subdue' the earth, is first, to master the atoms of which the human organisation is composed, and hold them completely under control, so that by means of this mastery, all other atomic movements and forces upon this planet and its encircling atmosphere may be equally controlled. The Life Everlasting; a reality of romance
Gayle, usually the flamboyant strokemaker, played a subdued innings with only rare sightings of his trademark drives and cuts.
This subdued range of luminosity makes it hard to accurately judge picture quality.
He jabbers, raves, and gestures to no one, in contradiction to the more subdued Hamlet of productions such as the 2000 Ethan Hawke film version.
The obligatory well made suit in a good fabric of a subdued colour. The Times Literary Supplement
It was a strangely subdued build-up to a fixture that has not been short of controversy, unseemly spats and acrimony in recent seasons. Times, Sunday Times
Pale, subdued daylight was leaking through a chink in the curtains.
To be sure, we expect wage and employment growth to remain subdued. Times, Sunday Times
But the second half was a strangely subdued affair. The Sun
By the end of 1938, the arrival of large military reinforcements meant that resistance was largely subdued.
She smiled, in a subtle, subdued manner, her elfin features bore a look that was regal, majestic, aristocratic.
The 2010 second-half mortgage-lending figures will likely remain subdued compared with the unexpected recovery in the latter half of 2009, the Council of Mortgage Lenders reported. U.K. Public-Sector Borrowing Rises Steeply
It is this tradition which leads to the present day custom of placing dark coloured candles and other subdued lights in lanterns and pumpkins.
And those buckles and studs nod at the current vogue for rock chic while being subdued enough for the school run. Times, Sunday Times
And Cosdroe, king of the Persians, subdued to his empire all the realms of the world; and he came into Jerusalem and was afeard and adrad of the sepulchre of our Lord, and returned, but he bare with him the part of the Holy Cross that S. Helena had left there. The Golden Legend, vol. 5
His volume contains not only suggestions in landscape-gardening, guided always by the true principle of making Nature our ally rather than attempting to subdue her, but minute directions for the greenhouse, grapery, conservatory, farm, and kitchen-garden. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859
Bosonic Ashurs had returned from their mastery of the dark light-years, seeking ascendance over all... and were subdued by the mesonic Kanjurs, who in turn were defeated by the Devas--patterned from integral quarks. Roberson's Book Report
He is bruised and subdued by the ghosts still haunting him. Times, Sunday Times
This autumn song is more subdued than the spring song, and sounds rather wistful, but in fact it is quite an aggressive performance. Times, Sunday Times
Driving deep into the forests, she was able to subdue and possess a Succubus minion.
Yet the Longleat story was also strangely subdued. Times, Sunday Times
In spring and summer and autumn the rooms were delightful, with their old - fashioned solid furniture, their subdued colors and tints, their elaborate arrangements for regulating the inpour of light. The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel
Yet the Longleat story was also strangely subdued. Times, Sunday Times
They began to ransack Autobot Headquarters, inflicting major damage to Teletraan I. Wheeljack managed to subdue the Dinobots with his shoulder-mounted magnetic inducer. Matthew Yglesias » The Ontology of Transformers
It also works because of Don Cheadle's subdued yet intense performance which sidesteps every histrionic outburst that his part invites.
The gun then malfunctioned and at that p oint two other male bystanders were able to subdue Mr. Loughner and take control of his weapon, according to authorities. Doctors Encouraged by Giffords's Response After Shooting
They also subdue signals from the sympathetic nervous system and inhibit deleterious overgrowth of damaged heart muscle.
Colour choices are subdued, and monochromatic.
At an unknown moment, its inhabitants were subjected by the Medes, who ruled the first Iranian empire until they were subdued by the Persian leader Cyrus the Great in 550 BCE.
The mood of the team is usually fairly jovial, but they were very subdued when it became apparent what was happening.
Through force of arms it had subdued the surrounding lands, though they had treated the inhabitants fairly.
Tertiary planation greatly subdued the topography of the Folded Belt, resulting in a fairly level basin, which is broken by the wide, deep valleys of the Fish, Sundays, and Gamtoos rivers. Albany thickets
The buzz of cicadas outdoes the voices of subdued vendors on a hot August day at Sensoji Temple, one of Tokyo's top tourist attractions. Disasters, Strong Yen Dissuade Tourists from Visiting Japan
The audience are strangely subdued, clapping politely after each song.
After the interval the soloist had changed from her strapless, formfitting glittering blue to a classical, double-tiered dress in subdued pastels.
Subdued chickens peck around the dirt for any trace of discarded food.
Yet the Longleat story was also strangely subdued. Times, Sunday Times
The bushveld is a place where the human element indeed shrinks into utter insignificance, and grips you and subdues you and makes you one with yourself. Daily Slurp Gallery
The manner in which this request was made is evidence that the many matchlessly renowned great masters of the central and bordering regions of Tibet, who assert themselves as upholding all four schools of Buddha Dharma without discrimination, through the ripples of the white wave of expertise, conduct and kindness, all feel humbled and subdued before the one who wears the golden coloured crown and takes great responsibility (for the doctrine). Concerning Dholgyal with Reference to the Views of Past Masters and other Related Matters
The atmosphere was strangely subdued. Times, Sunday Times
The lighting is usually subdued, making colours appear surreal.
Yet she was having to subdue the urge to dash back there and scream at him.
The viewer's voice is marked by almost disarming shifts in tone; his voice is at one moment exclamatory, at the next, subdued, and at the close of stanza fifteen, almost resigned.
And subdued pay growth shows no signs of picking up. Times, Sunday Times
According to MPD spokesman Ron Reier, officers Maced and handcuffed Doby in an attempt to subdue him.
After all, if you wander past many licensed premises in the early hours of the morning you are likely to hear subdued mutterings which the more feeble-minded are likely to interpret as ghosts.
Her hair was up now, in an elegantly subdued fashion which allowed only a few of her wild curls to escape and frame her angelically kittenish face.
The Council was alerted by local residents on Thursday morning and managed to subdue the flow of diesel into the river by installing a boom.
Was relatively subdued before suffering what appeared to be a troublesome knee injury midway through the second half, which will cause England considerable consternation. Times, Sunday Times
The colour palette includes subdued beiges, burgundies and charcoal blues on high-back chairs and sectional wall panels.
We exchanged letters regularly but the man who emerged from jail was a quieter, more subdued individual.
They showed far more attacking intent than a strangely subdued Everton. The Sun
Trading was painfully subdued yet again. Times, Sunday Times
By the end, riot police had to subdue parts of the crowd. Christianity Today
Most of Government functions, in which Ministers participate, are organised in a subdued manner.
He also reuoked into his hands certeine parcels of his demeane lands, which his father had giuen away, and passing from thence into Aquitaine, mightilie subdued certeine lords and barons there, that had rebelled against him. Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (4 of 12) Stephan Earle Of Bullongne
This is not a shouty supercar, and most examples are painted in subdued colours. Times, Sunday Times
Lastly, guns are more useful as a deterrent than as a tool to subdue hijackers.
Reflecting on those happy, hell-raising times, a subdued Bennett attributes his current physical condition to earlier self damage.
It took ten men to subdue him and when police arrived they found him still struggling, tied to a chair with electrical cord and asking for Chantal. Notorious: The Maddest and Baddest Sportsmen on the Planet
It is like a monster ever unsubdued, this stubborn land that drowses in this Indian summer weather and that survives them all, the men who scratched its surface and passed. Chapter 37
In hand to hand combat it would take two, perhaps three, androids to subdue just one of them.
In recent years, the release has been a subdued affair. Times, Sunday Times
Fortunately for me, I know some tae kwon do and was able to subdue him, although I did get a cut on my hand.
The housing market is fairly subdued.
But the second half was a strangely subdued affair. The Sun
For the primal suggestion of the legend, may we not say that the sea, that enormous force of Nature with many reserved energies in its vast bosom, though bestrid and subdued by a ship, at times breaks loose and destroys, in spite of skillful navigation and perfect machinery? Homer's Odyssey A Commentary
Diconsolate, annoyed, subdued, Florian and I wait; as we wait the taxi driver turns on the radio and it blares some discordant, ululating, quarter-toned Arab music.
Feeling more subdued than usual, I wandered the streets in a deep, reflective mood and thought about my mother.
The Argentine fans, including soccer great Diego Maradona, were subdued as Tursunov and Safin overpowered their opponents, conceding only one point in their first-set service games. Safin helps Russia win Davis Cup doubles
Slowly, her eyes opened and she looked up into subdued lighting provided by an emergency light in the elevator into his worried eyes.
Her blog was recently resurrected in a more subdued incarnation, but it still brings the traffic.
She was a bit subdued to start with, but after a while she livened up.
But we were quickly forgiven once the subdued audience was brought to life with Sum 41's amazingly tight renditions of all their best hits.
The scenes in the subterranean offices of the Admiralty are remarkably subdued; the war seems to be a deuced spot of bother bound to blow over any day now, but damned unpleasant in the clinch, eh?
States could also exploit the threat from the living dead to acquire new territory, squelch irredentist movements, settle old scores, or subdue enduring rivals.
He seemed a bit subdued to me.
There was a stand-off, before the officers used CS gas on the man and after a violent struggle, he was subdued and arrested.
A loud parp and subdued groan from a cubicle to my left highlighted the need for such smothering background noises.
In the film Stanton is less grand and less sexy, and Travolta plays it subdued, a tad mopish.
Many other battles King Harald fought, and many other kings did he subdue -- all of which, however, we will pass over at present, merely observing that wherever he conquered he laid down the law that all the udal property should belong to him, and that the bonders -- the hitherto free landholders -- both small and great, should pay him land dues for their possessions. Erling the Bold
From one of those old manuals, I read this great quote, "A subdued, light color beautifies and gives a natural good look to the legs. From Pillbox Hat to Bullet Bra: The Anatomy of a Pan Am Stewardess Uniform
In that seventy-two hours he raved like a bedlamite, unsubdued by the tranquilizers his doctors gave him. EVERVILLE
Otherwise, the batsman ducked safely on a slow pitch and was rarely subdued for long. Times, Sunday Times
He who overcomes his anger subdues his greatest enemy.
The colour palette includes subdued beiges, burgundies and charcoal blues on high-back chairs and sectional wall panels.
It said that it still expects "inflation will remain subdued for some time" and said that it expects rates to remain near zero percent "for an extended period. Fed sees a bottom
After police used pepper spray to subdue the man, paramedics were called because he was having difficulty breathing, police reported.
A high degree of refinement, however, does not seem to subdue our wicked propensities so much after all; and were civilization itself to be estimated by some of it's results, it would seem perhaps better for what we call the barbarous part of the world to remain unchanged. Typee; a real romance of the South Seas
If not, it can feel strangely subdued. Times, Sunday Times
Something has happened since the crisis to weigh down on trade, which goes beyond subdued growth in many industrial economies. Times, Sunday Times
Chapter 1's command that humanity "subdue" the earth and "have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth" now yields to chapter 2's description of Adam's mission "to dress . . . and to keep" the garden of Eden. Mother superior
At such times she was very subdued in gentleness and in observance of Mr. Carlisle's pleasure; subdued to a meekness foreign to her natural mood, and which, generally, to tell the truth, was accompanied by a very unwonted sedateness of spirits also; something very like the sedateness of despair. The Old Helmet
The height of strategy is not to subdue the enemy in battle, but to subdue him without fighting at all.
A puff of powder, a dab of lipstick and a squirt of ozone-friendly aerosol to keep my hair subdued.
Labat claimed that he once subdued a shipful of Spanish desperadoes who were aiming muskets and sabers at him by flourishing a cross worn by officers of the Inquisition. A Traveler's Way With Words
When I picked her up from her first school dance she was strangely subdued and even shaken.
But he was strangely subdued last week as he delivered what was widely viewed as a profit warning. Times, Sunday Times
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.
We saw the unusually subdued opening titles, with an empty beanbag where once Jill had slept.
That defeat, time and again, cannot subdue some men is not merely amazing, it is moving.
With unemployment expected to keep rising, wage growth should remain subdued. Times, Sunday Times
The first film's rather subdued acting could be excused by the fact that it had had to set the scene, give the background to the few stylites and anchorites who'd never heard of the stories.

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