muffle

Example Sentences

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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

Across the campus a clock struck the quarter hour and something inside me seemed to muffle its sound.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison