muffle
verb (used with object)
to wrap with something to deaden or prevent sound.
have muffled
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present perfectof muffle.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Recent noise mitigation measures by Red Dog, such as shrouding the shipping container in green shrink wrap, have muffled the sound, but not enough to keep it from creeping into the house.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2022
“There are so many things that we’ve been deceived over,” he said, waving toward books on the devastating famine of the late 1950s and early 1960s, an episode that official histories have muffled in euphemisms.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2013
Massive worries about rising prices have muffled all other public concerns, as was shown when people were asked what national issues particularly worried them.
From Time Magazine Archive
A blanket would have muffled anything, made him feel safe.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
I should have done better not to have muffled myself in this beard; my throat's afire and I feel I shall die of thirst.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 by Aristophanes
