Muffled

Examples

• Many people were moving to and fro, most of them muffled in their coats and cravats. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The many sounds become so deadened that the change is like putting cotton in the ears, or having the head thickly muffled. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It is muffled and dreary. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• She gave him one glassy kiss, and four stiff fingers muffled in worsted. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Rokesmith is already discharged,' said Mr Boffin, speaking in a muffled voice, with his hands before his face, as he rocked himself on the settle. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mr. Snodgrass looked in the direction indicated by the forefinger of his friend, and observed a figure, muffled up, as he had described. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• They felt the swift, muffled motion of the car. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• There was a nearer, though a muffled, sound on the road below the churchyard--a measured, beating, approaching sound--a dull tramp of marching feet. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• They do sometimes, said a muffled voice from the post. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• How she got it out, in her muffled state, Heaven knows; but she got it out somehow--there it was--and slipped it through the Secretary's. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I can hear the pistol still, sharp and yet muffled, and see the barrel jerk and the head of the man drop forward. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• He crept upstairs to the door, and presently returned accompanied by a man muffled to the chin, who carried a bundle under one arm. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• My sight seems to be failing me, he muttered to himself, in an odd, muffled voice. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• And again I charged, only to see the eyes retreat before me and hear the muffled rush of the three at my back. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Mr. Winkle was muffled up in a huge cloak to escape observation, and Mr. Snodgrass bore under his the instruments of destruction. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• At length, Dora regularly muffled him in a towel and shut him up there, whenever my aunt was reported at the door. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Hastily cloaked and muffled, and stealing away. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The double door of the study muffled the voices of the gentlemen. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I came down to look for her, for when I sat by Gridley this afternoon, I seemed to hear the roll of the muffled drums. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And if I don't deceive myself, my Lady was muffled in a loose black mantle, with a deep fringe to it? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The muffled drums, said Mr. George, turning to Richard and me and gravely shaking his head. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Again her sister's voice was muffled. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• All the bells in the city were muffled, and the very newspapers were published with black borders. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Pax vobiscum, said Wamba, who was now muffled in his religious disguise. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• That she arose thereupon, muffled herself up in a wrapper, put on her shoes, and went out on the staircase, much surprised, to look for Jeremiah. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.

Typist: Mabel