Muted
Sad
Sad adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Both words in one sentence
- In "The Taketombo" from Timothy Goes to School, the Franks are sad and muted at dinner because having broken Yoko's taketombo.
Source: Not Listening to Me, Are You? -
Shepard Book's death, while also sad to many, had a muted reaction at least in comparison, probably since viewers usually get fixated on a single character.
Source: Viewers in Mourning -
If the film were made today, the sequence would have been in slow motion with muted sound, and with a slow sad song playing in the background.
Source: Unflinching Walk
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