How to Use muffle in a Sentence

muffle

verb

• They tried to muffle the noise.
• I could hear their muffled voices from the next room.
• Over the phone his voice was long and muffled.
  — Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
• Nothing muffled the sharp sounds of our shoes on the white tile.
  — Elisabeth Egan, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017
• The blustery winds muffled the clank of wheels and thud of hooves.
  — Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
• Robbie hoped their full mouths muffled the sound.
  — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
• Their replies are muffled by their hands blocking their mouths.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2026
• Or did her sadness muffle that impulse and jam it back down her throat?
  — Ken Otterbourg, Longreads, 24 Feb. 2018
• In a snowstorm, the sound is muffled by the snow, said Carbin.
  — Anthony R. Wood, Philly.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• Road and wind noise are mild, and the suspension muffles bumps well.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2020
• City dwellers might now be hearing sounds that can get muffled by the usual drone.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2020
• The summer noise of saplings and shrubs and bug nests and grass and flowers had been muffled by the snow.
  — Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
• Women who wear the full-face niqab want to sing but refuse to lift the veil that muffles their voices.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 May 2020
• All of the curse words that are muffled at school and banned at home are screamed, for everyone to hear.
  — New York Times, 9 Dec. 2017
• The sun also seems to be veiled by a wall of smoke muffling its normal brilliance.
  — Erik Lacitis, The Seattle Times, 8 Sep. 2017
• The volume of her despair rose to a level even the drugs couldn't muffle.
  — Amy Yurkanin, AL.com, 24 Aug. 2017
• The beats aren’t muffled as if they were recorded in a gas station bathroom.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2017
• Many of the ringers wore earplugs or headphones to muffle the deafening peals.
  — Joseph Wilson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2024
• The sound of a backstage vocal warmup was muffled by thick stage curtains.
  — Melanie Asmar, Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2026
• And the babble of their dog voices was muffled by the distance and the folds of the canyons.
  — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
• And while the snow sometimes muffles the thunder, the lightning can still be seen.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2018
• Commotion muffled the sound, yet the wail managed to break through the noise.
  — Samantha Leach, Glamour, 3 Dec. 2019
• That being said, the over-ear aspect does still muffle barking quite well.
  — Brad Moon, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
• The day would be almost ideal for hunting, with the woods and ground wet enough to muffle sound.
  — Bill Thomas, Outdoor Life, 24 Apr. 2025
• The arms would go into the sleeves and for a moment their head and face were muffled in the garment.
  — Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
• When the curtain fell, masks could not muffle the rapturous hollers.
  — Rich Benjamin, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2022
• There’s the suppression of sounds, because the sounds from the streets and from the beach are now muffled.
  — Damon Wise, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
• Highway traffic may have muffled the sound of gunshots.
  — Graham Womack updated January 15, Sacbee.com, 16 Jan. 2026
• The heavy snow will muffle the sound -- or thunderclap -- so it can only be heard up to about three miles.
  — February 22, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
• The sounds of chaos around her were muffled, as if her head was being held underwater.
  — Ginny Graves, Health.com, 13 Apr. 2018