muffle

Object

• thud: Above the incantations there was the muffled thud of music from the next field.
• 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.
• cry: He buried his head on his other arm, trying to muffle the cry of pain.
• 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.

Subject

• thickness: From the Kingâs Head came cheers and raucous yelling, muffled by the thickness of the tavern walls.

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

• slightly: Things are clear in the studio, slightly muffled outside.
• half: The bells were half muffled in memory of HRH Princess Margaret.
• so: The sound was still quite loud at 100 yards but it was so muffled as to be useless.
• not: The request has been made that bells are not muffled.
• 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.