muffle
Example Sentences
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Songs like “Idk” and “Abrir Monte” simulate the experience of being submerged as a muffled, yet pounding bass line takes charge.
From Los Angeles Times
Then he heard muffled crying, and started to dig.
I drank to ease the pressure I felt as a family breadwinner, and to muffle my anxieties about my future.
Combined with the coloured, shimmering floor and walls, and a soundtrack of muffled voices, gongs and bird calls, it all creates a powerful if unnerving feeling of floating in another realm.
From BBC
The muffled thud of air defences intercepting drones and missiles was the soundtrack to most of the night.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.