How To Use Muff In A Sentence

Mix together with as few stirs as possible - mixing too much will make the muffins too dense and heavy. The Sun
Mrs. Dudgeon unbars the door and opens it, letting into the stuffy kitchen a little of the freshness and a great deal of the chill of the dawn, also her second son Christy, a fattish, stupid, fair-haired, round-faced man of about 22, muffled in a plaid shawl and grey overcoat. The Devil's Disciple
A leisurely breakfast - even the motel manager was moaning about the way the Italians "hogged" the muffins this morning and drank cups of milk instead of putting it on their bran flakes! TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com
Two big screens and an electronic scoreboard made up for a muffled PA. Times, Sunday Times
The driver deadened the noise of the car with a new muffler.

What wouldn't burn still remained: bare walls muffled with incongruous tapestries, flooring tamped over with carpets.
No more fuzzy programmes with muffled sound and colours like confetti in a puddle. The Sun
Enveloped in that smell, I would play grown up and sit in the office sometimes, studiously recording the numbers of the vehicles that came in for work on the twin ramps over the six-foot-deep pit where the mufflers were installed.
Pete sounded muffled. and as he turned Marcus noticed that he too had a loose thread on his shirt.
It would take years before the noise would be muffled by mains electricity. Times, Sunday Times
The traffic in eggs and the demand for breast feathers for ladies' muffs and headgear reduced the bird's numbers to a low ebb.
I mean, I love bran muffins as much as the next guy, but is Canada really going to just roll over and accept this practical, unspiced (I'm not saying "flavorless," because I admit bran muffins are tasty), unaromatic, home-bound and yes, boring, assignment of what it means to be Canadian? Diner's Journal
She had grown so used to carrying Muffin around that she felt as if the vet had amputated a limb.
That was all of the incident, but he heard Ruth muffle a dry sob in her throat, and noticed that she turned her face away to gaze out of the window. Chapter 26
With muffled thuds and a yelp, Ace and the thief tussled on the floor.
Inside, gloves and mufflers are removed, quilted jackets are unzipped.
Those noises can also sound amazingly clear because they are not muffled by buildings, trees or any other obstacles on the ground. Times, Sunday Times
They had some hot drinks to wash down their dry muffins.
Maclaren Techno Four Seasons Pushchair Description 1 buggy, 4 seasons, 8 looks: The four seasons buggy is suitable from birth and comes complete with 3 reversible seat liners for spring, summer and autumn, a footmuff for winter, boot, a reversible blanket, raincover and storage bag to coordinate with all 4 seasons. WN.com - Articles related to Trinoma welcomes summer
Three cars forward the steward unlocks the kitchen, the pantryman begins to prepare bread and muffins, and Ashby's Tavern awakens for breakfast.
The gryphons 'claws clicked metallically on the marble floor, and the bulk of the Palace muffled the sounds of the crowd outside. Widows and Orphans
Imagine children having tea, inevitably squabbling over the buns, teacakes, muffins and - this being a British expression - crumpets.
His muffle was a wreck, and such by degrees became the condition of all his apparatus. The Land of Midian
He walked past that area, following the still muffled voices towards the closed conference room door at the far end.
The heavy-coated and mufflered man was walking quickly southward; he waved his umbrella to a passing cab, which, however, did not pull up. The Town Traveller
The noise eliminating pot is a kind of super muffler to exhaust.
I worried also about the nature of our neighborhood, which is a redneck Shangri-La of big dawgs, trucks with bad mufflers, heavily armed Gomers, and gangs of marauding feral boys with BB guns.
Increasingly used in blends to add colour and flavour to cakes and muffins. Times, Sunday Times
Her head hit the pavement with a muffled bash, and she was knocked unconscious.
He was off-colour during England's opening match against France, which his country lost in the dying seconds of the 93-minute thriller after skipper David Beckham muffed a penalty.
He made a noise of what I took to be assent, muffled as it was by the furious flapping of his frilly pinny over the shrieking smoke alarm.
The noise eliminating pot is a kind of super muffler to exhaust.
Deirdre Devine, 41, of Hubbard, Ohio, wore red earmuffs and a yellow paper hat that said "Impeach Kasich. Ohio Republicans Offer Union-Bill Amendments
The occasional muffled whistle indicated that the train was catching up with me.
The first time we met this ragamuffin she was very shy, but this time she was so friendly, full of confidence and holding our hands as we walked around.
The rain's playing muffled kettledrums on our roof, shimmering like sheets of cellophane outside.
Society-wide measures of religious behavior muffle portentous change that may be occurring at the younger edge of the population, so social prognosticators just like commercial advertisers focus on trends among young adults, trying to discern which aspects of behavior are what they are because the youths are young, and which aspects are what they are because of when they are young. American Grace
The burnability of the proposed raw mix has been tested in a muffle furnace by firing nodules at 1450°C for 30 minutes. Chapter 17
Each of the girls, as well as Ethan, wore their thickest coats and warmest mittens, as well as scarves and hats and earmuffs.
Then on, with, the galloping even triplet of the house's hoofs beneath me, as they came down in quick succession, as if the earth were a muffled drum and we were beating an untiring rataplan on her breast. Mr. Isaacs
It was like a film where sound is muffled. The Sun
Obviously the studmuffin didn't share her problem with inappropriate levity. KISS AN ANGEL
Then they would sell them to posses from a garage on Bruckner Boulevard that doubled as a muffler repair shop.
Unlike commercially prepared baked goods, these muffins do not contain any preservatives. The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure
The house's windows are double-glazed to muffle the noise of aircraft.
Even if they portray the latest style or texture, earmuffs are just completely out of style.
In addition, they'll receive a variety of home-made mixes for breads, muffins, brownies and focaccia.
It was a dim, twilit gloom filled the enormous tunnels, muffling all hints of life within them.
The sound is hollow and muffled throughout the film, and the bass has been cranked up to make up for the overall lack of punch.
The colors of your coat, hat and muffler shall harmonize.
She baked mouth-watering cakes, mini chocolate muffins and millionaire shortcake to keep everyone happy.
Dr Brash has had his opportunity to speak today and he muffed it.
Dr Muffett stressed that he was opposed to bullying in schools and that action would be taken to stamp it out.
I'm no muffin connoisseur, but I think that's how muffins should be! Archive 2008-04-01
From the stairwell came muffled cries and sounds of panic. The Broken God
Dialogue seemed a bit muffled in some sequences, but nothing terrible.
The muffled bellows were the only sounds he could make as his face was pushed closer and closer to the glowing rings.
The hairs on its chin muffle its muttering, and its skin is moist, laughable, and it's big. Goat
There's no psychological profiling or involuntary behavioural modification going on here, just a cassette playing a muffled selection of old dance anthems, the hits of Ibiza '97.
I bet a lot of faculty tut-tutted about AIG over their morning New York Times, Starbucks, and double-fiber bran muffin. Perhaps I was intemperate....
We want to avoid that - because let's face it - if you have to slabber your muffin with butter to make it edible, you've just lost the benefit of lowering the fat. In Search of An Amazing Protein Muffin
The echo of the ax could be heard from the wood, and the muffled lowing of the kine from the shippon in the yard behind. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time
Two muffled thuds rumbled out of the forward cargo hold, disks of steel plating on either side of the hold blowing outward. CORMORANT
Then early in the Obama administration, regulators threw the real estate industry a bone, expanding a financial rescue program, the term asset-backed securities loan facility (TALF), to commercial-mortgage-backed securities, thereby muffling calls for a broader industry rescue. The Other Shoe
Joanne Chang, a Boston pastry chef and restaurateur, told me that when she opened her Flour Bakery she used home-sized, two-ounce muffin tins for her muffins and cupcakes. Not So Guilty Pleasure
Then up * ut of the blowhole, muffled but clear, came Pete's answer. THREE IN ONE
I'm a ragamuffin in real life - I don't wear makeup, I don't brush my hair.
There were people in warm, woollen scarves and thick, tall boots, and there were others in large, heavy overcoats and fluffy ear muffs.
He shouted a couple of times and heard nothing but the muffled echo of his own voice. CORMORANT
I love cooking for the holidays and I love giving edible gifts: cranberry relish, cranberry orange pecan bread and pumpkin muffins, stollen and panettone, tiny chocolate truffles nestled in fluted paper cups adorned with red and green poinsettias. Jamie Schler: 'Tis the Season to be Doubly Jolly!
If the Liberal Democrats do not make some handsome gains on Thursday, the party is going to have to ask itself whether that opportunity was muffed.
A muffled kitten meow sounded from inside the backpack she wore.
She peered out at the world from beneath a yellow straw hat - a "boater," with circular crown and flat brim - wore a green wool muffler looped around her neck, and was lost in the immensity of Khristo's sheepskin jacket while he made do with a heavy sweater. NPR Topics: News
Joshua drove a Triumph sports car with a hole in its muffler: ‘Joshua's Triumph was heard throughout the land.’
For simple fare, try sugar cookies, doughnuts, muffins or coffee cake with coffee and cocoa or hot spiced cider.
GG was one version of what's now fondly referred to as muffler men - big, fiberglass statues manufactured from about 1962 to the mid-'70s - sold as attention-getters for retail stores. Latest News
Each time she did, there was a muffled clomp and thin clouds of dust drifted away. Kings of Colorado
Quoting from that report, Fear harries his every footstep, caution muffles his words. Sit-Down Strikes and Coxey's Army
She mumbled a muffled thanks through the mouthful of grips and positioned herself in front of the reflective piece of glass, carefully retying her hair then sliding each clip back into its rightful place.
Butter the toasted muffins, then arrange the ham on top. Times, Sunday Times
Use it to replace cornmeal in recipes for cornbread or for corn muffins.
The few westerners she knew seemed impervious to the muffled warnings of her Chinese friends. Times, Sunday Times
… So: dusk in the frozen lake of a city park, skating behind the puffy red earmuffs and the fluttering yellow ringlets of a strange shikse teaches me the meaning of the word longing… Forgive me luxuriating, but these are probably the most poignant hours of my life I'm talking about. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
He heard the trample of a soldier and the muffled sound of the grenade going off.
Inside, gloves and mufflers are removed, quilted jackets are unzipped.
And then I muff a change and we're both choking down the smell of clutch.
He let out a muffled yowl as he landed face-first on top of Mike, who was still on the floor.
Don't forget your gloves, scarf, woolen hat, ear muffs and boots.
Top each toasted muffin with a slice of tomato and a burger patty. The Sun
The muffs feature special, high-density, slow-recovery foam ear cushions that contour to the ear.
Dumping the stock muffler for a free flow muffler is a good idea. Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Somebody Should Write About This…
I loved the Season 7 Curb Your Enthusiasm episode entitled “The Bare Midriff,” in which a woman named Maureen goes around the office in a tiny shirt that reveals her whole stomach—and what they call a muffin top. Gunn’s Golden Rules
Fiber is injected into the muffler cavity with a clean automated process that insures high accuracy and also low waste.
O what an evaporation wherewith to bewray the masks or mufflers of young mangy queans. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
There are bagels and muffins, chocolate chip cookies, eclairs, tarts, Danish pastries, baklavas and quiches.
The putting on of the muff was the most humiliating incident of my life. A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography
You don't even need heavy woolens, as in Gulmarg you'll be able to hire snowboots, mufflers, woollen socks, windproof jackets and caps.
It wasn't just that the sound was muffled. Times, Sunday Times
If one is, shall we say, taking one's leave, the last thing that anyone outside the stall wants is to be able to hear the unmuffled sound of the occupier's ‘leave’ hitting the pan.
Fear becomes for her parents the permanent and muffled undertone of their life.
He could hear muffled voices outside the windowless cell, but no-one heard his cries for help. The Sun
The mouse had fled, and before doing that, had eaten up the muffin.
It was a little nerve wracking to start with and I dropped some points on basic stuff and muffed the random attack sequence identification but I recovered on the cuts and the moulinet sequence. Duelling scars
I once met Keegan at Heathrow and he took the time out to have a talk with four ragamuffins, when some would have just walked past and ignored us.
There was a muffled explosion, and the air beside the sergeant seemed to split apart.
Bake both muffins and bread together. Yield 24 banana muffins and two loafs of banana bread.
Yeah, I named him Seymour, and then proceeded to behead him (the flowering stem is inedible, and saps the nutrients from the rest of the plant ... it had to be done!) and kidnap some of the "offspring" (read: stalks) to make these muffins! What Seymour Made!
You don't even need heavy woolens, as in Gulmarg you'll be able to hire snowboots, mufflers, woollen socks, windproof jackets and caps.
Timmo; “A sweet tooth was and still can be my biggest problem weight wise - I used to love the chocs, ice creams, custard tarts, muffins etc. but have cut them and lost most of the gain.” Cheeseburger Gothic » Burger Lite (somewhat late).
I took off my earmuffs and protective glasses, tossing them on a nearby chair.
The room swam before her, and his voice was oddly muffled in her ear. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
His walk was reduced to a shuffle and his speech became muffled.
With a muffled growl, the white lycan crawled her way up the narrow tunnel of the den, and stepped out into the world, her world.
The wire-mesh grilles at the mouth of the city's drainage creeks frequently fill with beer cans, shopping carts, car mufflers, push-chairs and dead animals.
I remember waking to fresh falls of snow, the muffled stillness, and the sense of a world transformed.
I think this was a deliberate ploy to muffle the sound of my clock radio, thereby ensuring my lateness.
The all-pervading drone and muffled screech of the ceaseless traffic can be heard even when the roads and their traffic cannot be seen.
A lavender sachet under your pillow or a snack high in simple carbohydrates (like cereal or a muffin) shortly before bed may also be beneficial.
The trick to a light and fluffy muffin is to not stir the batter too much. The Sun
The itty-bitty biscuits and cornbread muffins remain in fine form, so the arrival of the breadbasket here is something to anticipate.
The baby could enjoy a sound sleep because noise was muffled by the sound-proofed walls.
The room remained quiet with the exception of a few muffled sobs throughout the space.
Top each toasted muffin with a slice of tomato and a burger patty. The Sun
Or combine candied and raw ginger in muffins, cookies and spice cake.
Dark, muffled organ sets the stage for a plaintive piano line, which is echoed by wordless singing.
Katelyn stood out in the snow, bundled up in her scarf, coat, sweater, and earmuffs.
On his hands was a pair of dark red, fingerless gloves, and around his neck was a black scarf, almost like a muffler.
The muffins should be springy to the touch and golden brown. The Sun
We started to laugh again, muffling our sniggers with our mittened hands.
The snow was piled high except on the sidewalks, where it had been neatly shoveled away by the mufflered Winnebago sons and fathers. Fanny Herself
There was a muffled explosion somewhere on their right.
She continues, “That made it jumpier, more the style of this ragamuffin group of bank robbers.” STAR
We needed Little Miss Muffet's curds and whey and we got them by separating or "curdling" the milk using enzymes found in rennet. The Guardian World News
The rest of the conversation was too low and muffled for her to hear, and when it seemed to be over there was silence until the door swung open and a deep voice called out her name.
Wesley's muffled weeping rises over the burble of the respirators.
He muffled his face and went to sleep.
Finally unmuffled and confronted by his comrades, who leave in contempt, Paroles resolves henceforth to make a shameless living as a laughing stock.
For simple fare, try sugar cookies, doughnuts, muffins or coffee cake with coffee and cocoa or hot spiced cider.
For toasting, pull the muffins apart and toast on both sides.
I replaced the factory air intake box with an unrestrictive air intake filter and the factory muffler with a free flow muffler. Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Cooking the Books on Cash for Clunkers
Her snack ideas: celery and salsa; fat-free plain yogurt with fruit (cooked apple, pineapple, berries in season and on sale); baked apple with cinnamon and Splenda; warmed low-fat cheese (Laughing Cow wedges) with a light, toasted English muffin. Tightening the belt leads to a trimmer, healthier waistline
Then pop them into the oven to bake for 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted into one of the muffins comes out clean. Times, Sunday Times
All that scuffling, all the muffled cries, and nothing.
Can any thing be dowdier than the whale but with the wide belt going around it, or the bare muffin top on the too tight low cut jeans? Blue Dress Painting
The look became dottier and dottier, until it morphed into a kind of homeless masquerade, one that was accented by subtle luxuries like a cashmere muffler, a Balenciaga lariat bag and of course her signature carryout latte from Starbucks. "Ashcan chic ... a kind of homeless masquerade."
Prairie people welcome the first rhubarb of the season to use in cakes, pies, muffins, jams and relishes.
He opened fire, the silencers muffling the gunfire to a small puff noise.
Place ¼ of a physalis in each of the financier tin moulds (or use mini-muffin tins). Times, Sunday Times
I had to take care of ten little ragamuffins all by my lonesome.
Nevertheless, Corelli's own concerti grossi probably inspired the very original "Quis hic?" suite, though no one other than Muffat could imagine those expressive rests in the Grave movement.
I made her a few evening visits, and we talked love affairs over muffins and a cup of excellent congou. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 339, November 8, 1828
I have lived without forethought or arrière pensée -- without the weakness of regrets or the stinginess of precautions, 'and then he turned to me -- his eyes were half shut and his voice was muffled as if a flood were battering on the door of his dispassionateness,' I have had everything in life except you, 'he said. Balloons
Her voice was muffled by the pillow in which she had hidden her face.
I stood there for a second and I heard a few muffled sobs from her.
This goes beyond normal loud mufflers (which seem to be common in Thailand!).
I think the Seinfeld poppy seed muffin episode is hilarious. Frosted Lemon Poppyseed Cookies | Baking Bites
Trans fats are in everything from chocolate bars, cookies, cakes, muffins, crackers, chips, French fries and the list goes on.
The sound is clear, dialogue clearly understood, and the score is also clear and unmuffled in all its 1980s synthpop glory.
The boom was loud enough to make my ears ring, even through the protective mufflers of the helmet.
It glowed like a muffled torch and stretched upward to a dizzy height toward the zenith. THE EARTH: An Intimate History
The manager gave me a small common red flower pot for a muffle, and with the smith's forge (the fire built round with a few blocks of talcose schist) for a furnace, my plant was complete. Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students
And through all this floated the flutey cries of the bagpipe, muffled by the woods but sounding the way the moon would if it could call down to the earth. The Queen of Everything
Very lightly grease a 12-cup muffin pan (skip this step if your pan is nonstick). Baking Bites » Print » Chocolate Chip Angel Food Cupcakes
The english muffin dough is a no-knead batter that is mixed up and allowed to rise for just a short period of time. Cinnamon Raisin English Muffins | Baking Bites
The throat is even muffled, and a "respirator" worn, so that fresh air is not allowed to get inside the lungs, while the pleura is exposed to chill at the back. Papers on Health
Imagine the muffled sound of a banjo being clunked, insistently and arhythmical, through the paper-thin walls of a tract home, of a song being played so slowly that any melody was indecipherable.
Nick chuckles, and Jonnie guesses from the next muffled, unintelligible words that the pair are now kissing.
The Muff-a-lotta sandwich packs mortadella, salami, provolone and house-made olive salad. Food in photos: Bayou Bakery
I am driving up the M1 and, with just a double breakfast egg McMuffin and a vanilla shake inside me, I'm thinking about lunch.
The muffs have excellent noise attenuation in that they will bring the decibels down to a tolerable level.
Billy noticed that there was no longer any noise, and took the earmuffs off.
Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Banana Crumb Muffins « Peace Corps: China
This certainly is a laugh aloud book, and I found myself alternating between muffled chuckles and outright guffaws.
In a separate study, 22 post-menopausal Danish women ate a low-fat muffin, either with or without flax seed-derived lignan, every day for six weeks. Flax Seed: A Natural Alternative to Statins?
Homer should eat a whole-grain muffin instead, or at least add fresh fruit.
A muffled wind chime harmonized with the occasional car engine, whose purrs suggested heated seats and warm fans and glowing cigarette lighters.
He turned half round, and beside him stood our honest friend Touchwood, his throat muffled in his large Indian handkerchief, huge gouty shoes thrust upon his feet, his bobwig well powdered, and the gold-headed cane in his hand, carried upright as a sergeant's halberd. St. Ronan's Well
It's an ancient, crippled man, well covered up with blankets and shawls, his head muffled in a scarf, despite the mildness of the weather.
Hearing protection devices, like earplugs, earmuffs and canal caps, are sold in drugstores and hardware stores.
However, in this case organic C was removed from the sand by muffle furnace, following an initial wash to remove particulate material.
That they were on muffled phone lines didn't help as Dunphy only twice became animated during his two-hour stint and that was when he had guests in the studio.
First: Don't call her 'dumbshit' when she muffs standard questions in media interviews. Giles Slade: Sarah Palin, Straw Man
A pinboard of Quirky Little Things at Pinterest Pinterest is easy on the eyes and is packed with clever ideas for the home (storing folded sheets in their matching pillowcases), fashion (the trick for tucking jeans into boots) and recipes (making egg sandwiches in muffin pans). Snip and Save or Put a Pin in It: Two Ways to Share Web Faves
His speech is something between a muffle and a mumble, a perpetual whisper beneath the breath.
I was offered five or six different kinds of bread, including a vast olive muffin and a mushroom, cheese and ham thing that was all but a calzone.
I look down to a meadow in Central Park and see tiny muffled moppets frisking around like children in a Dutch painting.
The picture showed a lady sitting there upright, bedizened in a fur hat and fur boa, with her entire forearm vanishing inside a heavy fur muff that she held out toward the viewer. The Metamorphosis, in The Penal Colony,and Other Stories
The choir, made up of more than 100 children from four north Manchester primary schools in ankle socks and pigtails and cardies, sing sweetly, if not with the soaring transcendence of the 1929 recording, but their big moment – a re-creation of the occasion when the nymphs and shepherds were triumphantly hymned – is muffled: it needs to stand on its own pinnacle, away from the beguiling story of late love. That Day We Sang; The Crash of the Elysium; The Village Bike – review
Brunch can mean just about anything to your date, though, from an English muffin with butter to Nova Scotia lox on a bagel with a side of caviar and a pitcher of mimosas.
Every sound was muffled, every noise changed to something soft and musical. No more tramping hoofs, no more rattling wheels! Only the chiming of the sleigh-bells, beating as swift and merrily as the hearts of children.
For auditory, is the sound close or far away; high or low pitch; clear or muffled; balanced in mono or stereo?
I also made a fruit salad, a date and walnut loaf AND triple-choc muffins.
Our suspicions were first aroused when we heard a muffled scream.
While your customers can get by with foam earplugs or muffs, Bane recommends protection that is more sophisticated.
The muffs have excellent noise attenuation in that they will bring the decibels down to a tolerable level.
It stinks to high heaven that a butt-muffin playground bully such as Blankenship has the right to, in effect, murder people for the sake of profit. Think Progress » Coal disaster company Massey Energy denied time off for miners to attend their friends’ funerals.
No, if I was pregnant I'd want chocolate chip muffins and pickles.
_Muffin stand_ -- Especially for maidless house -- of mahogany, walnut, or painted to correspond with furniture selected. Better Homes in America Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922
People shout to be heard over the din, loud mufflerless trucks rumble by on the street, dogs bark, a mysterious polytonal chittering in the background sounds like a great horde of rats.
Set on Thanksgiving, an artsy New York ragamuffin type tries to get dinner together for her estranged suburban family.

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