muffling

With the sound of the wind and rain muffling their noises, the men escaped.

Brookens, Norman J. 1990

I can tell you from my experience of the last week in Madison, there has been no "muffling" of the campaigns here.

Wisconsin's Demographics Tilt Both Ways 2009

Becky Trotter, who manages a nearby apartment building, was walking her dogs up 13th Avenue when she turned down Madison and "heard was a kind of muffling screaming inside the house," she told NEWS4.

RockyMountainNews.com 2008

What's going on is not so much a "turning on or off" of genes but a "muffling" or

Autism Vox 2008

He reached back and pulled it shut, muffling the sound of the raised voices, then walked toward us.

Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011

When I have been abused in any way, shape, permutation, so often it traces back to a disservice to my gut — a muffling instead of a listening.

Mulch Roberta Lawson 2011

Such superficial niceties function as a sort of muffling carapace against the experience of life, much as the canvas covers that Mrs. Bridge keeps zipped over her suitcases protect the leather but keep her from enjoying its gleam.

Quiet Desperation 2010

A haze of cement dust blanketed the wreckage, softening sharp edges and muffling all sounds in its dreary crepuscular light.

Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

The muffling made it worse, as if I was choking him.

The Bird House Kelly Simmons 2011

The muffling made it worse, as if I was choking him.

The Bird House Kelly Simmons 2011