He watched his friend lay the sword on the floor partly beneath the table and again felt a flutter of apprehension which he quickly damped.

Light flared around him; his goggles damped quickly.

"If-I would prefer not to renew my contract as second-" she sensed shocked pain from him, quickly damped, as she hurtled on, "-and to sign a new one, as first mate!"

"They're not yet disabled," reported Fenlenn, quickly damping the sense of triumph.

This aerodynamic resistance improves the chance of the web's staying intact by quickly damping vibrations and increases the likelihood of the insect's sticking to the web long enough for the spider to reach it for the kill.

Falstaff banged on the sphere several times with his arm; the resulting sound damped quickly, indicating the sphere was full, possibly with a liquid.

The waves produced on the grid surfaces damped quickly to nothing, absorbed.