muffle
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State said China had used a technique known as decoupling to muffle the register and evade detection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 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
As they fade away, the brush-topped dunes muffle the peeps of piping plovers and the crash of ocean waves.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
How do we filter those so that we're getting the good sensory experiences and somehow put a muzzle muffle on ones that give us stress and anxiety?
From Salon ● May 4, 2023
Emily was still sobbing, and I used her sobs to muffle my whispers.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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
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
It dampens our desires and muffles our joy.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2021
The layer of pine needles that muffles my footsteps also makes tracking animals harder when I need their trails to find water.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
Collins stood outside for several agonizing minutes, hearing their muffled voices.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
A streak across the sky, then a muffled blast.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Day was dedicated to the bit, making Hernandez crack with muffled laughter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026
Then he heard muffled crying, and started to dig.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
A muffled voice sang from the heap, “A fox! A fox! What do you know? A fox!”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
"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
Seated on his sofa in a button-down shirt, worn Levi’s and blue-rimmed round glasses, Duncan offers me a chair and keeps distractions at bay, at one point muffling his ringing cellphone with a throw pillow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
Giant arborvitae trees flank Maude’s Garden on Seattle’s First Hill, muffling the hum of city traffic for this tiny therapeutic oasis.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2023
Wearing hats and headscarves compromised her hearing further, however, due to the fabric muffling her hearing aids.
From BBC ● May 15, 2022
Redemption dragged his hands down his face in disbelief, muffling his voice.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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