muffle

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

Neustadter, an executive producer here as well, notes, “When we meet Clare in our series, she’s trying to muffle her pain, but it’s always with her.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2023

How do we filter those so that we're getting the good sensory experiences and somehow put a muzzle muffle on ones that give us stress and anxiety?

From Salon ● May 4, 2023

Regan covered her mouth to muffle her surprised snort as she turned to me, the intensity of her face lifting for a brief second.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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

And again, they can detect this even if Zoom muffles a user’s audio.

From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2023

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

There aren’t as many people here, and the shade between two houses also muffles all the songs around us, but it also means we don’t have the best view.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

A streak across the sky, then a muffled blast.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

Full of sorrow and restraint, the opening verses are entombed by muffled synths before Liene explodes into an operatic wail of catharsis in the dying moments.

From BBC ● May 8, 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

Overall, sounds would be quieter and slightly muffled, and it would also take longer to reach you than it would on Earth.

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2025

He stayed hunched against the wall and spoke in a muffled voice.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

"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

Seated on his sofa in a button-down shirt, worn Levi’s and blue-rimmed round glasses, Duncan offers me a chair and keeps distractions at bay, at one point muffling his ringing cellphone with a throw pillow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2023

Giant arborvitae trees flank Maude’s Garden on Seattle’s First Hill, muffling the hum of city traffic for this tiny therapeutic oasis.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2023

Wearing hats and headscarves compromised her hearing further, however, due to the fabric muffling her hearing aids.

From BBC ● May 15, 2022

She did not look up when I came in; she said, “Go, nne, go and stay with Jaja,” the silk muffling her voice.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie