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- noun Plural form of
muffle . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
muffle .
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Examples
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You get a 200-mile-deep earthquake it kind of muffles itself.
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The place was empty except for some scant few persons grouped about a stage whereon two fellows, naked to the waist, their fists swathed in what I believe are termed 'muffles', dodged and ducked, feinted or smote each other with great spirit and gusto until one of them, reeling from a flush hit, sat down with sudden violence and remained in this posture to blink and get his breath.
Peregrine's Progress Jeffery Farnol 1915
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Quoting from that report, Fear harries his every footstep, caution muffles his words.
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It went on and on, the tweets getting meaner and nastier, amplifying the frustration that would otherwise amount to quiet muffles and the slight shaking of a car to the outside world.
Wednesday's hellish commute, described by many more than 140 characters Petula Dvorak 2011
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Underfoot the deep litter of brown needles muffles every step and nothing grows beneath the trees except a few pallid fungi.
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The song on the radio muffles your voice, and the arms waving
Valerie Sobel: All Pains Aren't Physical Valerie Sobel 2011
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It went on and on, the tweets getting meaner and nastier, amplifying the frustration that would otherwise amount to quiet muffles and the slight shaking of a car to the outside world.
Wednesday's hellish commute, described by many more than 140 characters Petula Dvorak 2011
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It went on and on, the tweets getting meaner and nastier, amplifying the frustration that would otherwise amount to quiet muffles and the slight shaking of a car to the outside world.
Wednesday's hellish commute, described by many more than 140 characters Petula Dvorak 2011
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It went on and on, the tweets getting meaner and nastier, amplifying the frustration that would otherwise amount to quiet muffles and the slight shaking of a car to the outside world.
Wednesday's hellish commute, described by many more than 140 characters Petula Dvorak 2011
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The song on the radio muffles your voice, and the arms waving
Valerie Sobel: All Pains Aren't Physical Valerie Sobel 2011
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