muffle
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State said China had used a technique known as decoupling to muffle the register and evade detection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
I watched as the woman cuffed the phone receiver, attempting, ironically, to muffle the private information she was giving to a 13-year-old.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2023
There were also hundreds of people in the building, others in the area and cars in the parking lot that would muffle and deflect sounds.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2023
They're so, so loud that it doesn't matter where you turn it on or try to muffle it, it's just super loud.
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2023
I pulled up his number, called him right away—and then I burrowed under my covers, pulling the sheet up over my head to help muffle my voice.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
Mr. Orhan offsets the novel’s magical realism with plainspoken prose that muffles Dilara’s increasingly volatile desires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
The visible clutter sets off a contagious, slightly embarrassed giggle, which she muffles with her hands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2025
The design of hearing aids muffles or blocks almost all of the natural unamplified sounds that stream into your ear canal.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024
Gestational diabetes most commonly occurs during the third trimester of pregnancy when a woman’s body naturally muffles insulin signals, sparking labor difficulties for the woman and long-term afflictions for a newborn baby.
From Washington Times ● May 31, 2023
Hannah screams for a half second but quickly muffles it with her own hand.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Day was dedicated to the bit, making Hernandez crack with muffled laughter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026
Several muffled booms were heard in the distance.
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
On the Alto K98M, that click-clackiness is muffled by a rubbery internal gasket surrounding the keys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
Combined with the coloured, shimmering floor and walls, and a soundtrack of muffled voices, gongs and bird calls, it all creates a powerful if unnerving feeling of floating in another realm.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025
Roz heard muffled voices in the control room below.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
"But a quantum computer acts like noise-canceling headphones that compare combinations of answers, amplifying the right ones while muffling the wrong ones."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 2, 2026
He dropped his face in his hands, muffling his voice.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024
He closed the door behind him, muffling the sound and smell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
The strings’ opening melody in the Rachmaninoff had Romantic grandeur and beguiling translucence, blanketing but not muffling the piano’s arpeggios with gauzy tone.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2024
I pull one of her pillows over my head, muffling my words.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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