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Inside, however, it's calmed with acoustic foam panels, dampered screws and other vibration-reducing handiwork.

Boing Boing 2010

They saved up enough for a new home this year their enthusiasm was only slightly dampered when their college-age kids decided to stick with them, instead of striking out on their own.

From Birth to Death, a Year in Sports Sophia Hollander 2010

There had been such a global outpouring of affection, respect, hope, with the new administration coming in, that precisely these kinds of attacks, it was thought -- at least hoped -- would be dampered down.

MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election Ended Terrorism? From the Media Research Center's CyberAlert. 2008

There had been such a global outpouring of affection, respect, hope, with the new administration coming in, that precisely these kinds of attacks, it was thought -- at least hoped -- would be dampered down.

MSNBC Anchor Frets: Why Hasn't Obama's Election Ended Terrorism? From the Media Research Center's CyberAlert. 2008

In the forests of New Guinea, for instance, B. irregularis is just one species of tree-climbing snake among many, harried by its own predators and competitors, afflicted with its own parasites and diseases; any drastic increases or decreases in its population would tend to be dampered amid the welter of ecological interactions.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

In the forests of New Guinea, for instance, B. irregularis is just one species of tree-climbing snake among many, harried by its own predators and competitors, afflicted with its own parasites and diseases; any drastic increases or decreases in its population would tend to be dampered amid the welter of ecological interactions.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

The waters of a fountain shimmered in thousands of drops and sang a brittle song, imitating the efforts of a dampered harp.

The Search Diane Carey 2000

This could really put a damper on her already dampered date.

Twisted Francine Pascal 2000

The waters of a fountain shimmered in thousands of drops and sang a brittle song, imitating the efforts of a dampered harp.

The Search Diane Carey 2000

This could really put a damper on her already dampered date.

Twisted Francine Pascal 2000