| The Romantic movement renewed the interest in the mad genius that had been cultivated by Renaissance Platonism but dampened by the age of reason. |
| I kept silent as I finally found a sea green terry washcloth, walked over to the sink, and dampened it with cold water. |
| When it was thoroughly soaked through, she ran the dampened cloth over her face, relishing the coolness over her sticky skin. |
| Spots on all finishes except lacquer can be treated with a cloth dampened with spirits of camphor, essence of peppermint or oil of wintergreen. |
| It was a match to remember, a player with a touch of genius restoring a dampened Wimbledon to its rightful place as the epitome of tennis. |
| As soon as we sit down as friends though, it appears that interests are dampened, if not doused completely. |
