A surprisingly tame match was tied 1-1 after 120 minutes.

The inside is lush and surprisingly tame.

But often these promised provocations prove surprisingly tame.

Given those ingredients, the performance that Mr. Barenboim presided over turned out to be surprisingly tame.

As has been reported, Mr. Galliano's show was surprisingly tame coming from fashion's in-house provocateur.

Given the political rancor surrounding Mr. Verniero and the racial profiling issue, today's hearings were surprisingly tame.

She had expected the worst, but the visit turned out to be surprisingly tame.

For many economists, though, the surprisingly tame Employment Cost Index warranted the most attention.

It's meant to be terribly wacky, yet also reflective; but the music is surprisingly tame, the libretto oddly ponderous, and the visual effects nothing special.

The show was surprisingly tame.