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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The summer noise of saplings and shrubs and bug nests and grass and flowers had been muffled by the snow.
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Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
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Riley said that would muffle sound produced by the data center.
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Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
They are set in Midwestern towns and incline toward domestic scenes that muffle the world a bit.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
Riley said that would muffle sound produced by the data center.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
This is the perfect opportunity for the Business Roundtable to advocate for its members in a forceful, direct challenge to the administration, but it has been perplexingly muffled.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for muffle
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“Muffle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muffle. Accessed 18 Oct. 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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