mute

Neill plays the awkward, ignorant Scottish farmer who arranges for a mail-order marriage with Holly Hunter’s mute pianist and then becomes possessive and driven to jealous despair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

The Italian comedian plays Diego’s mute manservant, Bernardo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

“The coming IPO wave may dampen forward market returns, mute further multiple expansion, and possibly interrupt sector trends,” wrote strategists at BCA Research.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

Kinski played Mignon, a mute acrobat and street performer, in the film.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

I shook my head: it required a degree of courage, excited as he was becoming, even to risk that mute sign of dissent.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

“The ruling mutes the noisiest channel of tariff risk, but it does not end the story. It removes the air-raid siren, not the arsenal.”

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 22, 2026

Hydralazine acts by binding to and blocking ADO, which means it effectively "mutes" that oxygen alarm.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 2, 2025

The farmers and miners got to hear the most intoxicating music on Earth from brassy cornet players and driving saxophonists, exotic trombone mutes, squealing trumpets and sultry clarinets.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024

“The minute TikTok mutes a video, they’re obviously not going to push it out to the ‘For You’ page,” said Casterline, 20, referencing the app’s algorithm-based recommendation feed.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2024

I raise my hand and ask, “Can we play with mutes today?”

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

Not to be slain himself, see Gellius handle his uncle's Lady; no Harpocrates muter, his uncle is hush'd.

From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Ellis, Robinson

It troubled many more than King, but the members of the corps were muter than oysters.

From Stalky & Co. by Kipling, Rudyard

And muter than ever, pondering deeply, and secretly trembling in the queerest way, these two outwardly sedate young people returned to the Dower House....

From Mr. Britling Sees It Through by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

At xiv 7 it has the probably correct muter for mittar, also found in Bodleianus Canon. lat.

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear

With the exception of muter, these readings could have been recovered by conjecture; given the separative interpolation at iii 44, F differs surprisingly little from the other manuscripts.

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear

Particularly in these times, France wants her soldiers mute and professional, and the mutest and most professional is Maurice Gamelin.

From Time Magazine Archive

On these occasions my friend would listen to me with the mutest attention.

From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden

I name for instance, just to hover a little, silent Vanderpool, the mutest presence at the Upham board, and quite with no sense of the invidious in so doing.

From Notes of a Son and Brother by James, Henry

And himselfe, not I Inclin'd to this intelligence, pronounce The Beggery of his change: but 'tis your Graces That from my mutest Conscience, to my tongue, Charmes this report out Imo.

From Cymbeline by Shakespeare, William

The flying meteors backward glance On thee to gaze, And bright auroras softly dance In mutest praise; And, to and fro, With motion slow Wave the lamps whence colors flow.

From The Arctic Queen by Unknown

It is a lesson in contrasts—hard geometries and muted hues fronting loose forms and cheerful colors—that evinces the influence of Pierre Bonnard and Édouard Vuillard on his work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

On an individual level, Guehi and Palace back then would have benefitted from crowding Haaland out – one of the few ways teams have muted his influence.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

But the gain in energy stocks appeared relatively muted when compared with moves seen in other sectors that investors believed could suffer collateral damage.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026

England muted some of Mexico's momentum early on.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Mrs. Porter flicked channels on the muted TV.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

Strout’s narrative also flashes forward at times, muting suspense, revealing more than we might wish.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

US oil giants reported lower earnings Friday with accounting effects muting the benefits of the Middle East oil shock, as ExxonMobil's CEO cautioned that crude prices could still increase.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

The limited age range for super catch-up contributions may be muting the benefit, according to Miklos Ringbauer, founder and principal of MiklosCPA, an accounting and tax-strategy firm.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026

Teen accounts have also been restricted to include direct messaging only with people they follow or are already connected to and automatic muting during nighttime hours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025

The shabby walls and worn stones seemed to shimmer as if a translucent silk veil covered them, muting any flaws and transforming the house into a dwelling of luminous light and delicate shadows.

From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin