muffle

Example Sentences

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All day the blanketing fog hung over Ravensbruck, an eerie day when sound was muffled and the sun never rose.

From Literature

Anyway, when Tansy went to ringing that bell in the morning to call us inside, she’d get nothing but a muffled thump.

From Literature

Dimly, he could hear the watchers shouting encouragement to Hord, but their voices were muffled, as if he were underwater.

From Literature

Inside, the house is dark and muffled, silent but for the tick of the grandfather clock in the parlor, the cough of a boarder on the second floor.

From Literature

Day was dedicated to the bit, making Hernandez crack with muffled laughter.

From Los Angeles Times