How To Use Muffle In A Sentence

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
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
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
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
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.
Her head hit the pavement with a muffled bash, and she was knocked unconscious.
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.
The occasional muffled whistle indicated that the train was catching up with me.
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
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
Then they would sell them to posses from a garage on Bruckner Boulevard that doubled as a muffler repair shop.
The house's windows are double-glazed to muffle the noise of aircraft.
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.
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.
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 up * ut of the blowhole, muffled but clear, came Pete's answer. THREE IN ONE
He shouted a couple of times and heard nothing but the muffled echo of his own voice. CORMORANT
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.’
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.
The few westerners she knew seemed impervious to the muffled warnings of her Chinese friends. Times, Sunday Times
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.
He let out a muffled yowl as he landed face-first on top of Mike, who was still on the floor.
Dumping the stock muffler for a free flow muffler is a good idea. Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Somebody Should Write About This…
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
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
There was a muffled explosion, and the air beside the sergeant seemed to split apart.
You don't even need heavy woolens, as in Gulmarg you'll be able to hire snowboots, mufflers, woollen socks, windproof jackets and caps.
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.
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.
Dark, muffled organ sets the stage for a plaintive piano line, which is echoed by wordless singing.
On his hands was a pair of dark red, fingerless gloves, and around his neck was a black scarf, almost like a muffler.
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.
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.
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
All that scuffling, all the muffled cries, and nothing.
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."
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!).
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
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.
This certainly is a laugh aloud book, and I found myself alternating between muffled chuckles and outright guffaws.
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.
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.
His speech is something between a muffle and a mumble, a perpetual whisper beneath the breath.
I look down to a meadow in Central Park and see tiny muffled moppets frisking around like children in a Dutch painting.
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
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?
Our suspicions were first aroused when we heard a muffled scream.
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.
If you have quick-set epoxy or muffler cement, patch the leaks after allowing the damaged section to dry thoroughly.
They all sat down and began to thrum the strings of their instruments in a muffled, dreamy manner.
It is difficult to obtain good results from oil heating, even with the muffle furnaces.
FIRE ASSAY* smelting with gold collector, separation, cupellation muffle or retort furnace, crucible, cupel taste (assay) lead, borax, soda, potash chemical Chapter 20
Here the trees muffled the sound of the crowd in the meadows far below. SOMEDAY MY PRINCE
He walked out into the snow, heavily muffled in a thick scarf and warm overcoat.
Then they would sell them to posses from a garage on Bruckner Boulevard that doubled as a muffler repair shop. SPIDERTOWN
The day of the party promises mittens and hats, mufflers and ski pants, toboggans and sleds.
As the organist plays the Prelude and Fugue in E Flat by Bach, the bells of the Abbey will be rung half-muffled to a peal of Stedman Caters, comprising 5101 changes.
The boats were to be rowed with muffled oars, and the men were to wade ashore. Red Coats and Rebels - the war for America 1770-1781
As a result, sounds become muffled and unclear. The Sun
children muffled almost to the eyebrows
The continuing sounds were muffled, echoless -- external. Blood of Amber
And in come the mummers, faces muffled and painted, outlandishly costumed in multicolored skirts, frock coats, long-johns, turned jackets, stuffed pants.
He does so with a gentle lilt, muffled by his five-day growth. Times, Sunday Times
A muffled ex-plosion echoed from within the shuttle's underside. Mid Flinx
The faint roar of muffled traffic comes to him from the autobahn. SEA MUSIC
Occasionally they would hear one of their loud, hooting cries echoing across the plain, muffled and distorted through the mist.
The searchlight remained fixed on us and a heavily muffled figure in a long overcoat and a steel helmet came towards us.
He shouted a couple of times and heard nothing but the muffled echo of his own voice. CORMORANT
The manner of it was thus: there cometh in to her the laundress early as other times before she was wanted, and the Queen according to such a secret practice putteth on her the hood of the laundress, and so with the fardel of clothes and the muffler upon her face, passeth, out and entereth the boat to pass the The Abbot
There is a sound of muffled laughter from the film crew.
With a muffled skreigh the mare leapt forward, seized the bit 'twixt her teeth, and _ventre à terre_ pursued the others in spite of her rider's remonstrances. Border Ghost Stories
We had to muffle our snickers with pillows as we fell laughing on the floor.
The sound was muffled behind the thickness of old oak and perhaps thin layers of old percale, but it was unmistakable. DOWNTOWN
The silence was broken occasionally by a muffled gasp or a quivering sigh that was more like the hiss of air brakes.
The muffler was a deep crimson and the mittens a warm shade of gray with three rows of crimson in the wrist end; Mary Jane had picked colors she was sure Tom would like. Mary Jane's City Home
Before the others could comment a rumble and crash came from Michelle's kitchen followed by a string of muffled cusses and an ‘I didn't do it!’
There are some of you to whom it comes muffled in the mists of doubt; but I beseech you all, look at the Cross, _look at the Cross! Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V)
Zoe's screams of fear and rage became muffled as he began to engulf her, and she realized how powerless she was in her current state.
The voice was muffled but grew louder as unsteady feet mounted the stairs. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
A conspiratorial hush proceeds to cosh the masses, precipitating a muffled ripple of applause as the Mayor and his entourage take to the stand.
Ordinary bone ash, air dried cupels must be placed in the muffle close together in transverse rows, sufficiently far back for uniform temperature.
Dialogue is often thick and muffled, although it is easy enough to understand, or would be if I actually spoke Italian.
The animals of the desert call to each other, muffled hoots and howls in the darkness.
The day of the party promises mittens and hats, mufflers and ski pants, toboggans and sleds.
He had wrapped himself well in muffler and shawl over jacket and kurta.
A small, muffled whisper - like a careless sigh of contentment - drifted from the other side of the room, by the window.
I heard her muffled call from the car.
As a result, sounds become muffled and unclear. The Sun
Dogs generally recover quickly, veterinarians say, and while they usually can still make sounds, their barks become muffled and raspy.
At last he put his muffled mouth to my ear and shouted through the cape of his wamus. The Black Wolf Pack
Trail bikes, cars and any machinery are a potential source of ignition so please ensure that mufflers are secure and flame proofed to avoid sparks igniting the countryside.
As they grew stronger, she turned into her pillow and tried to muffle the sound in the feathery mass. Western Man
The gasoline engine, along with the muffler, catalytic converter, tailpipe and gas tank, were all removed.
During races at the California Speedway, when many fans wear earplugs to muffle the sound of the cars screaming around the track, the noise filters into surrounding neighborhoods.
A heavy thud had come against my door, and now I heard hard breathing and the dull stamp of muffled feet.
It can sound slightly muffled at higher volumes but otherwise is deep and resonant, with an impressive low end for such a small unit. Times, Sunday Times
The precious dialogue is sometimes muffled, so that I had to back up a few times and hunker down for serious lip reading.
If there is any noise in the house that wakes him, this will muffle it cut down on the noise that could be waking him up. Boot Skootin’ Snot Boogerin’ Nobody’s Sleepin’ Boogie | Her Bad Mother
When the night express approached, it set off the low-powered detonator with a muffled bang. Times, Sunday Times
Quoting from that report, Fear harries his every footstep, caution muffles his words. Sit-Down Strikes and Coxey's Army
Sitting in the Sequoia's bow, I can hear only the creak of the oars and the muffled roar of the falls.
And so they came in Christmas, muffled up in furs and with mountains of luggage, and were pleasantly surprised.
It would take years before the noise would be muffled by mains electricity. Times, Sunday Times
There was no road here, only a trail of beaten earth, and his horse's hooves fell with a dull, muffled sound.
Tapestries covered the walls and the carpets covered the floors, overlapping everywhere so that every surface was cushioned and every sound muffled.
It wasn't just that the sound was muffled. Times, Sunday Times
After a minute of muffled screams she emerged washed and dried from head to toe, a hygienic shade of blue. Times, Sunday Times
The voice was muffled but grew louder as unsteady feet mounted the stairs. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
When a muffled voice called out: "Come! Seminary Boy
Underwater, the muffled bubbling sound of the frantic struggles of the people about her.
The colors of your coat, hat and muffler shall harmonize.
I give a short yell of exasperation, which is muffled as Jessie claps a hand over my mouth.
They never need oil changes, air filters, tune-ups, mufflers, timing belts, or emission tests.
There was absolute silence as the strange ritual was done, the only sound the muffled chink of coins and the rustle of clothes as each recipient genuflected to the glittering Prince.
But then he felt the shaking of her body and heard the almost inaudible sound of a muffled sob.
He often employed a personal technique: feathering his surfaces on the top layer with small white brushstrokes, which delicately muffle the colors underneath.
In the case of the exhaust mufflers, titanium may offer greater service life than is offered by most materials.
His fingers had gripped the handle of the bell and, from inside the bag, came a muffled ringing.
A silencer is basically a muffler that can change the performace and sound of the snowmobile. Force V | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles
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. Saint Ronan's Well
A muffled creak sounded from outside the walls of Feye's bedroom.
He thought he could hear a muffled shout from the bedroom.
The clutch dropped on a grand total of at least 15,000 unmuffled horsepower.
She only managed a muffled squeak as he roughly shoved a handkerchief up to her nose.
So we passed the cattle and rode quietly along the road till we saw his dogcart coming; then we stopped inside a yarran scrub, just as he came by — a square-built man he seemed to be, muffled up in a big rough coat. Robbery Under Arms
The slow, dismal tolling of bells; the masked and muffled familiars; the Dominicans carrying their horrid flag, followed by the penitents behind a huge cross; the condemned ones, barefoot, clad in painted caps and the repulsive sanbenito; next the effigies of accused offenders who had escaped by flight; then, the bones of dead culprits in black coffins painted with flames and other hellish symbols; and, finally, the train closing with a host of priests and monks. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life
The only sounds are the wind and a dull roar floating back from the mufflers.
But when she got to the bedroom, she heard a muffled noise coming from inside.
While the score and effects such as gunshots were all done well, dialogue remained muffled on every single disc.
He heard the sound of footsteps, muffled and barely audible, coming down the long passageway.
It was just a scratch on the door, a muffled noise, and a little flashlight waving at the end of the hall.
The falling snow muffled the sound of our footsteps.
Her voice over the comunit sounded muffled and then hollow. Cattle Town
Bow, wow, _wow_!" exclaimed Cuffy in tones which there could be no mistaking, although the broken twigs and herbage which covered the mouth of the pit muffled them a good deal, and accounted for the strangeness of the creature's howls when heard at a distance. Jarwin and Cuffy
Suddenly, it's hip to wear a chunky sweater, muffler, or hat that looks as if your grandmother made it.
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
She heard steps pounded down the hallway, they were only slightly muffled by the carpet.
She had meant to try out Jasper's racing-car at dawn, forgetting that racers have no mufflers, and she had been, as one may say, hoist with her own petard – although I do not know what a petard is and have never been able to find out. Tish
They enter the city at dusk and there is a terrible noise because there are no mufflers on the cars.
Steele mentions, with great tenderness, "that remarkable bashfulness, which is a cloak that hides and muffles merit;" and tells us, "that his abilities were covered only by modesty, which doubles the beauties which are seen, and gives credit and esteem to all that are concealed. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1
It made a muffled noise, of exasperation or curiosity or surprise. A Plague of Angels
There is a muffled thump, and the sound of running footsteps.

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