Object

• cry: He buried his head on his other arm, trying to muffle the cry of pain.

• peal: All shops and public houses closed and muffled peals on the church bells.

• roar: Sadly, the muffled roar of the bus brought me out of my fugue.

• laughter: They made a hasty exit into the passage that led to their rooms whence muffled laughter exploded.

• drum: The cortege was led by Parkmount Flute Band with muffled drums.

Converse of object

• tip: A fourth Bristol site has produced possible evidence for the structure of the furnace into which tipping muffles were set.

Modifies a noun

• furnace: The sample may be heated up to about 800°C using a small muffle furnace while the platen is mounted on a water-cooled loading arm.

• kiln: Other evidence from the site is consistent with a peripheral shelf muffle kiln.

• sound: However, walls also have disadvantages in that they can hide criminal activity and muffle sound.

• material: The small assemblage of muffle material gives little indication of its features.

Modifying Another Word

• rather: Audio English mono - sounds okay but rather muffled compared to the other tracks.

• well: Engine noise is well muffled and vibration can only really be felt through the gearstick.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• up: All the people in the streets are muffled up.

Preposition: in

• cloak: You see each dragged away by life, like one whom bravos have seized and muffled in a cloak.