He buried his head on his other arm, trying to muffle the cry of pain. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
His muffle was a wreck, and such by degrees became the condition of all his apparatus. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian — Volume 1] Reference
And all that means is that it's an earthquake, but you have 230 miles of dirt or crust to kind of muffle it a bit. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 16, 2007] Reference
To fire the paintings a furnace with a muffle is used. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
It would muffle the message of the new administration. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2001] Reference
Maybe snowing - that would muffle the shots even more. From Wordnik.com. [Gorky Park]
Grooms with muffled faces ran to muffle the horses 'eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Persian Boy]
"Okay, Sheila," he called out, trying to muffle his voice. From Wordnik.com. [Police Your Planet] Reference
But it could muffle any noise from a firearm, I would think. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 6, 2001] Reference
The guhr is generally dried in a reverberatory muffle furnace. From Wordnik.com. [Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise] Reference
It will muffle inflation and force companies to become more productive. From Wordnik.com. [Please, Spare Us A Boom] Reference
I have to go to remind you of your rubbers, and to muffle up your throat. From Wordnik.com. [Sunny Slopes] Reference
Authorities believe it was used to try to muffle the sound of the drilling. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 11, 2009] Reference
Authorities think that was used to try to muffle the sound of the drilling. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 10, 2009] Reference
She gathered her skirt to muffle its rustle and slunk up the hill after him. From Wordnik.com. [Once An Angel]
Washington underplays suavely; it's almost impossible to muffle his charisma. From Wordnik.com. [No Brief 'Pelican'] Reference
It seemed as if a giant hand had covered the metal city to muffle its screams. From Wordnik.com. [The Whispering Spheres] Reference
On the wall hung their deadly guns, with silencers on them to muffle the report. From Wordnik.com. [Letters on an Elk Hunt] Reference
Try as she might to muffle her sounds, she was certain in the final surge to lose control. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
She clamped a hand over her mouth, but it was too late to muffle her small cry of anguish. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
ARNOLD: No, not really, because inside the manufacturing plant, it's loud enough to muffle. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 6, 2001] Reference
He drew the robe about him, used it to muffle his figure completely as the true wearers did. From Wordnik.com. [Key Out of Time] Reference
There were just enough mufflers to muffle the chilly necks of those who hadn't already got them. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915] Reference
Care must be taken to prevent or muffle sounds, and horses likely to neigh must be left with the train. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918] Reference
Light the gas and raise the contents of the muffle to a white heat; maintain this temperature for five minutes. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
She had buttoned her coat about her and pulled the skating cap she wore down over her ears, yet not too low to muffle them. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods] Reference
Poor kids -- like rich kids -- need guidance; they need adults who can muffle their culture shocks and hear their frustrations. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghetto Preppies] Reference
"There is only one chance," he said, "muffle yourself in my cloak, take my hat, assume a stoop, and walk slowly, like an old man.". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
No one was going to creep into a hotel room late at night and put a pillow over his face to muffle the sound of a Colt to the head. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Campfire] Reference
Subsulphate of iron, calcined in a muffle until it becomes a beautiful capucine red, 1 part; flux No. 2, 3 parts; mix without melting. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
He got up as he made an end of speech, drew her gently to her feet, and showed her how to muffle herself in the hood of a man's cloak. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
Roll each bougie up in a piece of asbestos cloth, secure the ends of the cloth with a few turns of copper wire, and place inside the muffle. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
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