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tone down
1. Penelope could not deny the sincere happiness at his reply, and she tried to tone down her fiercely beaming grin
2. First, as I said a moment ago, you need to tone down the
3. I had to tone down the incident with the wolves when I told Sis
4. Even the softness of the cashmere is not enough to tone down his harsh expression
5. When I put in the expense account for that, along with other expenses, the company suggested that I might want to tone down the places I chose to dine
6. “Then you should tone down the butch act
7. I give them shelter when they need it, along with a place where they can talk and reconcile their differences and, hopefully, tone down their evil side or even turn it to good
8. Crug and Runt stepped forwards, ready to roll the stone down the hill
9. the stone downstairs to Samual
10. But, the cool morning chill causes her to shiver, alerting her to the approaching footsteps coming from the cobblestone down below
11. Then he began rubbing the stone down the wood away from him
12. There's a gaudy big grindstone down at the mill, and we'll smouch it, and carve the things on it, and file out the pens and the saw on it, too
13. " So they laid themselves down again to sleep, and presently the Tailor threw a stone down upon the other
14. The piece which was firing balls was pointed a little high, and the aim was calculated so that the ball struck the extreme edge of the upper crest of the barricade, and crumbled the stone down upon the insurgents, mingled with bursts of grape-shot
15. “But why do you want to see her?” And then, as if wishing to tone down his question, he added, “I cannot give you the permission without knowing why you require it
16. She threw the stone down and burst into tears
17. Prince Andrew, who had evidently wished to tone down the awkwardness of Pierre’s remarks, rose and made a sign to his wife that it was time to go
18. Three of us—signallers—having just come off duty in the front line, were preparing to put in a few hours' sleep, when a voice came floating down the dug-out steps: "Is Corporal Stone down there?"