muffle

Example Sentences

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He repeated this to Ma when she came back came through the doorway, his voice muffled by the nails held in his mouth. “. hia!”

From Literature

This muffles what the boys are saying out loud—because I can hear that, too, of course—but nothing stops me from hearing their thoughts.

From Literature

The boys were mere feet away, but the ash muffled the noise so that Buzz almost missed their yells.

From Literature

"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

Her words are so muffled I barely hear them.

From Literature