Only Blake's reserved and somewhat dampening admonition brought me to my senses.
"A Fool and His Money"
George Barr McCutcheon
This view of the matter was rather dampening to Aunt Barbara's zeal; but trusting that Providence would interfere in her behalf, she still insisted that she should go, and again expressed a wish that Sophia would go with her.
"Ethelyn's Mistake"
Mary Jane Holmes
Peter had learned that, with a certain class of individuals, a distance and a seat have a very dampening effect on anger.
"The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him"
Paul Leicester Ford