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

The change, on the heels of a risk assessment done by the government, would likely muffle access to information showing changes in public sentiment toward the city.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2023

When neighbors there complained about the loud noise from computer cooling fans at the bitcoin mining operation, he gave an interview to the Colorado Springs Independent, promising to plant pine trees to muffle the sound.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2023

She thought about all the nights they had stayed up late, talking in whispers and using their pillows to muffle their laughter.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser