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verb

past tense of subdue
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Recent Examples of subdued
Adjective
The Princess of Wales styled an Alexander McQueen coat in a subdued shade of green with Ralph Lauren over-the-knee boots. Julia Teti, WWD, 17 Mar. 2025 Skewing your green selections toward a more earthy aesthetic will help set a more subdued tone that helps enhance your room’s overall design rather than trying to steal the show. Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2025
Verb
The wreaths range from classic and subdued to colorful and illuminated, and they can be used year after year thanks to their faux-yet-realistic-looking materials. Jen Cason, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2024 Advertisement Trading was expected to be subdued this week with a thin slate of economic data on the calendar. Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for subdued
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subdued
Adjective
  • The wooden floors feature graphic patterns, while bold wallpaper sets the tone in the kitchen, and the bedroom is outfitted in calming, muted tones.
    Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Wall Street is headed for a muted open this morning after back-to-back advances for the S&P 500.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • How the sprint race unfolded Hamilton dominated, the gap over Piastri widening to nearly seven seconds on the final lap, with Piastri and Verstappen finishing second and third at the Shanghai International Circuit.
    Luke Smith, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Ali pummelled Foreman in the ring and dominated him on the PR front as well.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 22 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Caspar suppressed his urge to respond.
    Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Ukrainians are uncovering their country’s culinary history – and how its distinctive features were suppressed by the authorities during Soviet rule.
    Howard LaFranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • As season three continues, the quiet part is said out loud.
    Cyndy Etler, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
  • In the rich and frequently chaotic history of Marseille, there can have been fewer more apt demonstrations of the club’s inherent tendency towards turbulence than the decision to head to Rome for some peace and quiet in the same week as the death of the Pope.
    Tom Williams, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Service is friendly but discreet, something the Swiss have mastered like few others.
    Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • That that's something that's really, really hard to replicate, and he's really mastered it.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Scarlett Johansson has conquered the superhero franchise, been nominated for several prestigious awards and years ago made her way into Saturday Night Live’s prestigious Five-Timers Club.
    Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
  • By contrast, Xinjiang was conquered in the mid-18th century by the Qing dynasty (around the same time the British were marching on India) and then claimed by the current People’s Republic of China after its formation in 1949.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • From there, though, the Magic closed within 90-80 late in the third period with a 12-0 run that was quelled by a Pelle Larsson three-point play.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2024
  • But the speculation in space, nuclear, mobility, and quantum names must be quelled to get a real ending to this.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Simmons' initial reaction to the insult was a bit more restrained than his typical unfiltered comments.
    Marina Watts, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • This year, the prestigious but far more restrained perpetual calendar was the complication of choice.
    Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2025

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“Subdued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subdued. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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