mutedly

The whisper-rattle came so mutedly that they had to bend forward to hear.

Between prayers, the men took sober phone calls, talked mutedly, and sent text messages.

So, more mutedly, has the monarchy in Kuwait.

A halyard rattled mutedly against a mast on a sailboat.

Faintly, on the clear, still night, there came the sound of voices mutedly raised in the strange music of the blacks.

The checks and balances begin to break down," Hanno said mutedly, through a cloud of blue smoke. "

Barbro asked mutedly, "But what could this do?"

Three more hull plates fell away, clanging against one another and, more mutedly, on the ground beneath.

A hundred yards out on the lake, the houseboat, engine purring mutedly, nosed into view.

The reaction on Monday — negative, though mutedly so — underscored the tough road ahead for Europe.

If providence is left room to re-emerge mutedly at the end, it is no longer directed to colonial tasks.

The slim bracelets on her wrist jangled mutedly. '

The stage, below a commanding pipe organ, projects into an auditorium mutedly colorful in grays and tans.

On It's pitted gray surface was the Parse, glowing mutedly in the feeble sunlight.

Mutedly, "Mr. Westhause, go norm as soon as your numbers show her going away."

This mutedly poignant film about a smart young girl's up-and-down relationship with her sixth-grade peers is virtually gadget-free.

Eyjan asked mutedly, into Haakon's labored breathing: "Did you never think they might have spoken truth?"

Kira nuzzled the tip of her nose softly against Kurn's ear as she mutedly advised him.

Chives spoke mutedly.

Djana asked mutedly.

Starlight glinted mutedly on metal.

The sound of a bell ringing mutedly came through the wood; it was curiously like the whimpering of a sick, puny child.

Try especially the pairing of the popular Second Symphony with the lesser-known, mutedly bucolic Sixth.

Thus it was with Margaret Thatcher and (more mutedly) with Tony Blair.

Officials from several of the industries that would be subject to the new reporting rules reacted relatively mutedly, but some questioned whether the proposal was too sweeping.