French enthusiasm for Pigneau's plan was severely dampened.

Unfortunately, that wanderlust and ambition had been severely dampened by the long years spent on Nervala IV.

She said that a recent knee fracture and the need to put her husband in a nursing home prompted it, and several people who know Ms. Sills said her normally upbeat mood had been severely dampened recently.

The concert was severely dampened by Avery Fisher Hall's muddy, booming acoustics, which destroyed any sense of orchestral cohesion.

Unfortunately, the euphoria he'd felt then had been severely dampened by the past two days' events.

But Ms. Reiff said, "Our enthusiasm for the bill would be severely dampened" if the temporary worker program was capped at 200,000.

Hopes for a league title were severely dampened by the 0-1 conference start, but Nebraska still owned the series at 6-2-2.

Their blossoming love affair is dampened severely when Rajan discovers Kiran and Delilah stealing a moment of intimacy in the jungle.

"I suspect the liquidity that used to exist has been severely dampened," William H. Donaldson, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, told CNBC this week.