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Meanings of muffled in English

Being or made softer or less loud or clear.

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                Usage of muffled in English
                1
                The state-level data could signal an inflection point muffled by national statistics.
                Reuters
                2
                She thought she heard another sound too: muffled voices crying for help.
                The Diamond Age
                3
                No answer, just the strange, muffled sounds that she couldn't quite identify.
                Ruthless
                4
                Jason's response echoes after it, muffled by distance and intimidation: 'Fair's fair.
                Pandaemonium
                5
                Parry heard muffled talk as the girl explained things to her family.
                For Love Of Evil
                6
                I heard voices, then a muffled expletive ahead and to my right.
                Monday Mourning
                7
                Jack began to hear muffled voices: coming from under the ground, naturally.
                Quicksilver
                8
                He could hardly make out the words: her voice was so muffled.
                Slow decay
                9
                Marta heard what her friend said, but the voice was muffled, distant.
                Gratitude
                10
                Even the wood pigeon we'd heard earlier seemed muffled and far away.
                Foxglove Summer
                11
                As Hanna made her way upstairs, she heard a small, muffled voice.
                Wicked
                12
                And here the little drama was blurred and muffled in his memory.
                Peak and Prairie / From a Colorado Sketch-book
                13
                A muffled shot sounded from somewhere in the depths of the house.
                The Golden Scorpion
                14
                It was the sound of many guns, muffled in the distant forest.
                Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
                15
                That time, he'd clearly heard his own muffled yelp of sudden fright.
                Hellfire
                16
                The clock at Alderslea down the valley struck eight in muffled tones.
                Gone to Earth
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