They tried to muffle the noise.
I could hear their muffled voices from the next room.
Recent Examples on the WebHearing loss is like an invisible, muffling curtain that falls in front of anyone speaking.—Mary C. White, The Mercury News, 30 May 2024 The Ace block out distracting noises by generating sound waves that actively cancel them out in addition to passively muffling them through the earpads.—Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 21 May 2024 Gary Knight previously said that the boy was in his room sleeping with the door closed and a box fan on during the murders, presumably muffling any sound.—Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024 Gary Knight said the boy was in his room sleeping with the door closed and a box fan on during the murders, presumably muffling any sound.—Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 26 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for muffle
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