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And Mr. Knight is also superb as James tries to muffle his own fears the better to lessen his wife’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

I watched as the woman cuffed the phone receiver, attempting, ironically, to muffle the private information she was giving to a 13-year-old.

From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2023

The change, on the heels of a risk assessment done by the government, would likely muffle access to information showing changes in public sentiment toward the city.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

When neighbors there complained about the loud noise from computer cooling fans at the bitcoin mining operation, he gave an interview to the Colorado Springs Independent, promising to plant pine trees to muffle the sound.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2023

I must not have heard her enter the house through the muffle.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

Mr. Orhan offsets the novel’s magical realism with plainspoken prose that muffles Dilara’s increasingly volatile desires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

The visible clutter sets off a contagious, slightly embarrassed giggle, which she muffles with her hands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2025

The design of hearing aids muffles or blocks almost all of the natural unamplified sounds that stream into your ear canal.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024

Gestational diabetes most commonly occurs during the third trimester of pregnancy when a woman’s body naturally muffles insulin signals, sparking labor difficulties for the woman and long-term afflictions for a newborn baby.

From Washington Times ● May 31, 2023

Annabelle muffles a snort, but this cracks him up, and that cracks her up, and they are both bent over and laughing silently, holding their stomachs.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

Ferrari quotes a 0-62 mph acceleration of 3.3 seconds—and then comes the long, muffled howling in third and fourth gear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Collins stood outside for several agonizing minutes, hearing their muffled voices.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Day was dedicated to the bit, making Hernandez crack with muffled laughter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026

Several muffled booms were heard in the distance.

From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026

Voxy stands next to me, his rapid breathing muffled through his helmet.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

"But a quantum computer acts like noise-canceling headphones that compare combinations of answers, amplifying the right ones while muffling the wrong ones."

From Science Daily ● Feb. 2, 2026

He dropped his face in his hands, muffling his voice.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024

He closed the door behind him, muffling the sound and smell.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024

The strings’ opening melody in the Rachmaninoff had Romantic grandeur and beguiling translucence, blanketing but not muffling the piano’s arpeggios with gauzy tone.

From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2024

By the next morning, gray clouds scuttled over the sea, muffling the sound of the waves and throttling hope of a sea breeze.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt