subdue
/səbˈdu/ verb C1- To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
- To bring (a country) under control by force.
He/she/it subdues · Past subdued · Past participle subdued · -ing form subduing
Verb forms
- Base form
- subdue
- He/she/it
- subdues
- Past
- subdued
- Past participle
- subdued
- -ing form
- subduing
From the library
A subdued slam above told that the door of the east gable had been shut with equal vehemence.
The jailer saw by his tone he would be happy to die; and as every prisoner is worth ten sous a day to his jailer, he replied in a more subdued tone.
Holmes walked in, and I followed him with that subdued feeling at my heart which the presence of death inspires.
To me, with my nerves worked up to a pitch of expectancy, there was something depressing and subduing in the sudden gloom, and in the cold dank air of the vault.
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