He described it as a result of the dominant mood of the congress.

Apprehension seemed the dominant mood, as if the music were looking over its shoulder in fear of imminent interruption.

Happiness was not, however, at this auspicious moment, her dominant mood.

Fear coupled with genuine excitement was the dominant mood of the day.

He refuses to echo, or to join, the dominant mood of the dialogue scenes.

In the event, the dominant mood was one of uncertainty.

Resignation is still the dominant mood, though frustration sporadically erupts in anger.

Forgive us, though, if the dominant mood is not so much joy as relief at having survived.

Undeniably, sadness, as the artist put it, is a dominant mood here.

Set design can be used to amplify character emotion or the dominant mood, which has physical, social, psychological, emotional, economic and cultural significance in film.