How to Use muffle in a Sentence

muffle

verb
Definition of mufflenext
Synonyms for mufflenext
  • Sun shone through the canopies as the crickets and the gentle breeze muffled the light hum of cars passing on the Wilbur Cross Parkway nearby.
    — Shahrzad Rasekh, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2024
  • He was photographed making funny faces, trying to cover his mother’s mouth and screaming while covering his ears to muffle the sounds of overhead military planes.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
  • All the noise of the world stops here & muffles, muffles me.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2018
  • In a snowstorm, the sound is muffled by the snow, said Carbin.
    — Anthony R. Wood, Philly.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Nothing muffled the sharp sounds of our shoes on the white tile.
    — Elisabeth Egan, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017
  • The Dhawans sometimes leave their TV on high volume to muffle the sounds.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
  • Turn on a fan, radio or TV to muffle the sound of fireworks.
    — Carolina Gusman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 June 2017
  • And while the snow sometimes muffles the thunder, the lightning can still be seen.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Commotion muffled the sound, yet the wail managed to break through the noise.
    — Samantha Leach, Glamour, 3 Dec. 2019
  • The volume of her despair rose to a level even the drugs couldn't muffle.
    — Amy Yurkanin, AL.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • Road and wind noise are mild, and the suspension muffles bumps well.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2020
  • Women who wear the full-face niqab want to sing but refuse to lift the veil that muffles their voices.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 May 2020
  • All of the curse words that are muffled at school and banned at home are screamed, for everyone to hear.
    — New York Times, 9 Dec. 2017
  • When the noise didn't stop right away, a couple of people closed some of the retractable warehouse doors to muffle the sound.
    — Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal, 6 July 2020
  • When the noise didn’t stop right away, a couple of people closed some of the retractable warehouse doors to muffle the sound.
    — USA TODAY, 8 July 2020
  • By the time the orchestra joined her after a few minutes, the cough count was up in the 20s, the attempts to muffle them rare.
    — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2017
  • Any attempts to call for help may have been muffled by the noise from the compressors for the coolers.
    — Allen Kim, CNN, 24 July 2019
  • The woods would muffle the sound of gunfire, officials say.
    — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • City dwellers might now be hearing sounds that can get muffled by the usual drone.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2020
  • The sun also seems to be veiled by a wall of smoke muffling its normal brilliance.
    — Erik Lacitis, The Seattle Times, 8 Sep. 2017
  • The ice and snow didn’t help, putting him on his back frequently, and his shouts were muffled by the snowdrifts and the pane of my window.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 11 May 2018
  • Skillings told police the driver blared music from the Jeep to try and muffle the sound of the gunfire, the affidavit said.
    — Everton Bailey Jr., OregonLive.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • The beats aren’t muffled as if they were recorded in a gas station bathroom.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2017
  • On the floor above, the noise of a Democratic Party meeting muffled the sounds of his murder.
    — Fergus M. Bordewich, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2024
  • When the curtain fell, masks could not muffle the rapturous hollers.
    — Rich Benjamin, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2022
  • Or did her sadness muffle that impulse and jam it back down her throat?
    — Ken Otterbourg, Longreads, 24 Feb. 2018
  • Mr Schlaerth’s idea is to reflect and muffle the worst-offending waves.
    — The Economist, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Cash feels much more tangible, while credit cards and stocks muffle the feeling of the loss.
    — Dan Ariely, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The practice is on the rise, mostly in Asia and Africa, and often to muffle discontent.
    — The Washington Post, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2019
  • For example, if the viewer is outdoors in the snow, sound will be muffled.
    — Tim Moynihan, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2016

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