muffle

Songs like “Idk” and “Abrir Monte” simulate the experience of being submerged as a muffled, yet pounding bass line takes charge.

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.

The muffled thud of air defences intercepting drones and missiles was the soundtrack to most of the night.