11.   But the mood never seemed right.

12.   By contrast, the mood on Capitol Hill seems to have tipped toward trying to devise a compromise that Silicon Valley can live with.

13.   Clinton did not make an appearance Sunday on the Mall, where the mood seemed to lighten as the temperature thawed.

14.   For now, at least, the mood seems placidly subdued in the office of the attorney general after nearly eight years of trouble, strife and controversy.

15.   He is all about control, and his mood seems to rise and fall with how much of it he can exert over a situation.

16.   Her mood seemed buoyant, according to a waitress who said Letourneau passed around baby photos.

17.   His expression was grim and his mood seemed glum even as he tried to say positive things about his bruised right instep.

18.   His mood seemed so much lighter than the previous day.

19.   In Senate offices, where power was swapped more recently, the mood seemed more subdued.

20.   Inside the five-level store, traffic was brisk in the afternoon, but the mood seemed subdued.