WordNet
Usage examples of "tamp down".
Byron made an effort to tamp down the seething cauldron of emotions.
She thrashed beneath him, unable to tamp down the fire racing through her body enough to breathe.
He had promised himself he would allow this, that he would tamp down his possessive instincts, his fury that somehow she would be weakened further.
Hastily Maria struggled with her lacing and quelled the bellows, rage building inside her that she had to tamp down, lest it affect Alessia's feeding.
And best of all, there was no longer any need to tamp down her anger when she wanted to let it loose.
He tapped the end of the Chesterfield on the nightstand to tamp down the tobacco.
There it was -- tamped earth for the groundlings to tamp down yet further.
There's nothing worse than being with someone just to ease an ache or to tamp down the fires of lust.
He even had an elaborate arrangement of wooden blocks to tamp down the grass and soil and make the tracks.
The metal spade broke in two, so Remo used the handle to tamp down the dirt.
He took out a cigarette, tapped it against the palm of his hand to tamp down the tobacco, and stuck it in his mouth.
He used one plastic finger now to tamp down the glowing coal of his pipe.
He figured it would be good for the rain to tamp down the newly exposed soil, anyway.
He slid his fingers slowly from the fisted grip of her pussy, feeling the ripples of regret in the soft tissue as he retreated and fought to tamp down his anger.