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verb

past tense of mute
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as in shushed
to stop the noise or speech of muted the television while she was on the phone

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Recent Examples of muted
Adjective
Raven is part of an artistic generation intent on reading the landscape as a text, rather than as a muted slate. Anne Reeve, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025 This is an invitation to express yourself more openly, despite external pressures from others to stay quiet or muted. Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
Trying to play a more physical, hard-nosed style only muted the special elements of his offense. The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025 Vibrant oranges, milky mints, bright blues, and muted peaches from the album cover mingle well with golds and silvers, high-shine gloss, glitter, ombré, and aura fades. Abby Dupes, Allure, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for muted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for muted
Adjective
  • Economists see an uptick in hiring, though still at a subdued level.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Eventually the euphoria of the moment started giving way to subdued appreciation.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The red agate worn by his mother reflects silent compassion, and the pearl accents on the Wulu pendant evoke the gentle passage of time.
    Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Burnett was content to mine references from her own Depression-era youth; her famous maid character, the Charwoman, who became something of a show mascot, harked back to Chaplin’s Little Tramp, wearing a rumpled outfit and performing silent reveries.
    Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Jena asked, for which she was shushed), that was spotted and strong enough to kill a man.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • That should tug on our hearts since Willa’s worth caring for, but the emotional heft between dad and daughter gets muffled since there’s just not enough oxygen given to those scenes.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Britani, who has been all too quiet this whole time, sees an opening to make it about her, and thank god for that.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Tom Willander Willander had a quiet showing at prospect camp and training camp, then debuted with two sensational preseason performances against the Seattle Kraken and the Calgary Flames.
    Thomas Drance, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In the after-hours, the black faille number styled with a silky lime-green tank top was at once restrained and opulent, just great for a night out.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
  • In practice, despite his rhetoric, Israel’s longest serving prime minister’s security policy was widely seen as cautious and relatively restrained, even derided as cowardly by political rivals, who also mocked his inability to make decisive moves.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The novel immerses the reader in the world of a Carpathian village in the 1970s, where the main character Darusya lives, whom the locals consider mute and mentally retarded due to attacks of headaches, although none of them guesses the true reasons for her behavior and defiance.
    Nelly Klos September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
  • With a tactical view on mute or turning the volume up.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But our industry — and artists around the world — have a long history of refusing to be silenced, even in the darkest times.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
  • But our industry—and artists around the world—have a long history of refusing to be silenced, even in the darkest times.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Muted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muted. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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