How To Use Muffled 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
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
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
With muffled thuds and a yelp, Ace and the thief tussled on the floor.
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
He walked past that area, following the still muffled voices towards the closed conference room door at the far end.
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 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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Each time she did, there was a muffled clomp and thin clouds of dust drifted away. Kings of Colorado
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.
He let out a muffled yowl as he landed face-first on top of Mike, who was still on the floor.
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.
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.
I remember waking to fresh falls of snow, the muffled stillness, and the sense of a world transformed.
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.
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.
All that scuffling, all the muffled cries, and nothing.
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.
The sound is clear, dialogue clearly understood, and the score is also clear and unmuffled in all its 1980s synthpop glory.
It glowed like a muffled torch and stretched upward to a dizzy height toward the zenith. THE EARTH: An Intimate History
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.
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.
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.
They all sat down and began to thrum the strings of their instruments in a muffled, dreamy manner.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
When the night express approached, it set off the low-powered detonator with a muffled bang. Times, Sunday Times
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.
I give a short yell of exasperation, which is muffled as Jessie claps a hand over my mouth.
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.
His fingers had gripped the handle of the bell and, from inside the bag, came a muffled ringing.
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
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
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.
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.
From above, muffled cries of chaos could be distinguished, among the clash of weaponry.
the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet
It was like a film where sound is muffled. The Sun
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.
Partridge, however, does not recognize them, muffled up as they are at this time of night.
Then up * ut of the blowhole, muffled but clear, came Pete's answer. THREE IN ONE
I leant my head against it, expecting to feel heat radiate through it, or pick up muffled sounds.
I could hear muffled voices in the next room.
They emerged from the darkness so muffled against the cold it was hard to tell if they were children or old, bent women.
Sleep has muffled the last few days into nothingness.
Ten minutes later, everyone was back in their seats and Tom, who had purloined the horn from the long basket attached to the side of the guard's seat, blew a tantivy into the night and Duncan, muffled from neck to heels in the big coat, set the horses in motion. The Last Gamble
He could hear muffled voices outside the windowless cell, but no-one heard his cries for help. The Sun
She backed away from the group slowly, muffled sobs emerging from beneath the mass of tangly blond hair.
Simple elements - strummed acoustic guitar, muffled beatbox, acoustic piano, organ, occasional electronics - are arranged to create an elegant anonymity which allows the listener to listen in their own way.
We all remembered the way the last one started - that alien-green sky alive with tracer fire, gauzy detonations, muffled thumps, unconsolable sirens.
Taken in a small town in Germany, the photo showed a GI leaning against a half-track, muffled up against the cold, and smiling. AMAGANSETT
He could hear muffled voices outside the windowless cell, but no-one heard his cries for help. The Sun
Interviewees have thus been treated to loftily dismissive asides, barely stifled yawns and muffled harrumphs.
On the other line, she heard the sound of sniffles and muffled sobs.
In the end, you will hear fellow theatergoers weeping all around you, the sound muffled only by that of your own cathartic sobbing.
There was a muffled tutting, then a click, and abruptly the receiver went dead. COMPULSION
He sings mostly in bellows and muffled Sprechstimme.
In the dark, starless air, every sound seems muffled: the falling rain, the stirring of the waking crew, the whisper of the surf.
After a minute of muffled screams she emerged washed and dried from head to toe, a hygienic shade of blue. Times, Sunday Times
At the other end, though partly muffled by a curtain, it was more powerfully illuminated by one of those embowed hall windows which we read of in old books, and which was provided with a deep and cushion seat. The Scarlet Letter
On stage there's no missing the humour, mischief and joie de vivre which sometimes seem to be muffled in the studio. Times, Sunday Times
My voice was muffled and with the hair that undoubtedly surrounded my whole hunched over form, I most likely resembled a distant relative of cousin It.
Muffled heavy breathing is heard throughout the sequence, like the breath of someone at the other end of the line.
I panicked, and let out a muffled yell.
Apart from elaborating the ongoing judicial usurpation on these issues, the conservative voice seems to have become muffled.
Inside the sounds of the growing tempest were muffled, but the echo of the wind racking against the rusted metal was not.
The audio fares much better, with occasionally muffled dialogue and moderate use of the left and right speakers, giving some appearance of channel separation.
She heard moans and laughter and from somewhere a muffled scream.
The muffled roar of passing traffic obscure the tinny, faint words being spoken.
One touch to the ground and Scarback beats his wings with a muffled whump and soars high, perhaps five feet into the air, as his opponent rises to meet him.
They walked in silence for a while, the only sound was the occasional chatter of a squirrel as they passed too close to its nest and the muffled roar of the river off to their right.
He could hear muffled voices outside the windowless cell, but no-one heard his cries for help. The Sun
Muffled noises, clonking footsteps walking down long hallways, I could feel a bright light shining on me.
Audio is unimpressive stereo, sounding a bit muffled and hollow.
Thus, then, the muffled rollings of a milky sea; the bleak rustlings of the festooned frosts of mountains; the desolate shiftings of the windrowed snows of prairies; all these, to Moby Dick; or the Whale
‘Well, I was wondering if you would… ‘I was just thinking how glad I was that my dilemma was being solved for me, when a voice decidedly unmuffled by braces came from behind me.’
The muffled sounds of sniffs and small sobs could barely be heard through the door.
The horse's gait changed to a gallop, and the muffled rhythm of the hoof beats crescendoed until they were uncannily loud and hollow.
It is mostly clear, occasionally muffled, and lacking in dynamic range.
This was followed by a loud crash, a bang, a muffled whump, and then a blood-curdling scream that echoed around the waterfront before dying off into a pathetic moan and silence.
Floating in glass-topped court-tank of aquamarine. Underwater wave lengths of muffled sibilance, mutated boom.
I muffled a snort into the back of my hand.
She could already hear them conversing in low tones, muffled against the closed double doors.
I was seized'throttled'muffled-pulled down to the ground with a force that left me breathless-enclosed in an embrace that held the ferocity of a deadly enemy instead of the affection of a spouse. The Curse of the Pharaohs
His boots padding against the floor were muffled because of the thick carpet, and he doubted he was making anymore noise than a cat stalking a mouse.
Already, she could hear the quiet, muffled noise of violins and people talking.
It made a muffled noise, of exasperation or curiosity or surprise. A Plague of Angels
The firemen rush in and immediately hear muffled groans coming from the aisle.
The self is a muffled self: it wears a suit of protective clothing.
It wasn't just that the sound was muffled. Times, Sunday Times
Here the trees muffled the sound of the crowd in the meadows far below. SOMEDAY MY PRINCE
There were low, muffled voices rising from the hallway.
I heard a muffled detonation from the common, and immediately after a gust of firing.
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; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields
As they reached his ears through the heavy stone roof they were more harmonious, all harshness was softened; the _sordino_ of the vaulting produced the effect of a muffled peal. The Nebuly Coat
After about 8 seconds in the microwave we heard a slightly muffled "flump" sound, which turned out to be a Boll exploding into smaller boll-bits. CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries
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.
A muffled hero caught in lethargic intrigue that will be disturbing news for readers who haven't already heard that many Austrians are in deep denial about their wartime history and that American hands aren't exactly clean in the matter of rehabilitating Nazis. A Death In Vienna: Summary and book reviews of A Death In Vienna by Daniel Silva.
The sound of the bell was muffled by the curtains.

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