unmuffle
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of unmuffle
Example Sentences
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In one regional office of the outsourcing company Tech Mahindra, an employee said agents removed face masks and shields — a requirement in the Philippines — to breathe or unmuffle themselves on long calls.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2021
Loft addressed me in a muffled voice; his demeanor might always be relied on for perfection—he would not once unmuffle his voice till his master was buried.
From The Great Miss Driver by Hope, Anthony
If she slept it came into her dreams, and her waking thoughts strove with hideous wilfulness to unmuffle that dead face.
From A Life's Morning by Gissing, George
His bristling bass instantly changed the energy in the scene, adding ludicrous tension and unmuffled anger that came off as deliriously silly.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2020
They have a loud but clear and unmuffled sound profile that’s supported by tons of bass.
From The Verge ● Jul. 17, 2018
You might expect that sort of puerile move from the owner of an unmuffled ’95 Mustang, but from one of the world’s largest auto manufacturers?
From Time ● Sep. 22, 2015
Noise, crowds, confusion, the racketing whine of unmuffled racing engines as drivers repeatedly blip their throttles in anticipation of the start.
From Time Magazine Archive
In those days, Fifty-Third Street was a hub of late-night activity, a thoroughfare for cruising lowriders with unmuffled tailpipes.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
When the thermometer was brought in, the mercury was frozen, and on unmuffling I found the end of my nose seared as if with a hot iron.
From Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Taylor, Bayard
The House of Commons was sitting, but there was still no light on the Clock Tower, and no unmuffling of the lamps.
From Harvest by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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