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Example sentences for "subdued voice"

  • Go," said he, in a subdued voice, "and find Rochefort.

  • You have been for some time in our neighbourhood,' began Nedopyuskin in a subdued voice, coughing discreetly into his hand, and holding his fingers before his lips from a feeling of propriety.

  • He stopped, took off his green leather cap, and in a thin, subdued voice he asked me whether I hadn't seen a horseman riding a chestnut?

  • On the street Viekov remarked in dismal irritation, speaking in a subdued voice: "Stupid people, after all.

  • Then he shoved the dishes from him, and placing his elbows on the table, said meditatively in a subdued voice: "Our service has become hard.

  • He walks like Judas to the aspen tree," said Yakov in a subdued voice.

  • That I am--" began the Little Russian in a subdued voice.

  • Rybin in a subdued voice, his dark eyes roving about the company.

  • Everybody was in a hurry to give his opinion about life; but all spoke in a half-subdued voice, and the mother noticed a tone of hostility in all, which was new to her.

  • In the silence of the stoppage, whilst the driver was mending the harness as best he could, Marcian alighted, stepped to the side of the vehicle, laid a hand on the curtain which concealed those within, and spoke in a subdued voice.

  • He paused, reflected gloomily, and went on in a subdued voice.

  • That I never believed,' she answered in a subdued voice.

  • I understand you very well, Thyrza,' he answered, in a subdued voice.

  • Holding the picture, Egremont turned to his companion, and said in a subdued voice, 'This was Thyrza?

  • You must believe of me what you like,' Adela replied in a slow, subdued voice.

  • He bowed to her with extreme gravity, and spoke in a subdued voice.

  • She spoke in a subdued voice, always briefly, and with a certain natural refinement in the use of uncultured language.

  • He ran anxiously to the open grated window, and called out, in a subdued voice, "Lock the gate, fellow!

  • On seeing his enemy, poor Jones reddened slightly but the flush soon died away, and in a meek, subdued voice, he was the first to say "good evening.

  • Make yourself at home," he said in a subdued voice.

  • Why, it's grand," replied Mike, in a subdued voice.

  • Mind how you go," said Mike in a subdued voice, for the darkness and reverberation following the kicking of a loose pebble impressed him.

  • More than a month ago," she said in a subdued voice, as she shuddered.

  • Hullo, Barber, I didn't know you were back," Tap said in a subdued voice.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "subdued voice" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    asked her; civilized life; five per; free verse; general order; great assistance; having charge; here comes; honourable friend; human felicity; intermittent fever; more interesting; proclaimed king; rich merchant; single year; sometimes done; subdued tone; subdued voice; there any; third chapter; three hundred and fifty; wicked life; yet there