muffled; muffling
ˈmə-f(ə-)liŋ 
Examples of muffle in a Sentence
They tried to muffle the noise.
I could hear their muffled voices from the next room.
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
The team compared it to muffle furnace annealing, rapid thermal annealing, and flash heating followed by air cooling.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 24 Nov. 2025
The active noise cancellation actually blocks sounds, instead of offering that fake muffling nonsense.
—PC Magazine, 22 Nov. 2025
The towel, Rifkin said, was used to muffle Fariñas’ cries, evidenced by the electrical tape found in her hair.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 20 Nov. 2025
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“Muffle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muffle. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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muffle
verb
muf·fle
ˈməf-əl
muffled; muffling
ˈməf-(ə-)liŋ
1
: to wrap up so as to conceal or protect
2
: to deaden the sound of
muffle a cry
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