Sounds were both muffled and magnified, echoing off buildings, softened by the smoke.(灰色的粉塵積了厚厚幾英尺，在落地前就像紐約的雪，低沉又空曠的聲音在建筑里回響，在煙霧中消散。)

I heard the sounded of a muffled kick and then a cry of pain from Keith.(我聽到一聲沉悶的用腳猛踢的聲音，接著傳來基斯痛苦的叫聲。)

His voice was pitched high, the words muffled by his crying.(他的嗓門提得很高，說的話都被他的叫喊聲壓得聽不清了。)

She heard a muffled cough behind her.(她聽到身后一聲低沉的咳嗽。)

Their footsteps were muffled in the carpeted corridors.(走廊里鋪著地毯，把他們的腳步聲淹沒了。)

A measured, muffled snore issued from Aunt Polly's chamber.(波莉姨媽臥室里傳出一陣勻稱的、沉悶的鼾聲。)

The church clocks strike with a muffled sound.(教堂的鐘敲出低沉的響聲。)

He strides down the hall and halts when he hears the muffled sounds of screaming.(他大步沿著過道巡邏，突然聽到一陣微弱的尖叫聲。)

They waited a time that seemed an age, and then the same muffled boom troubled the solemn hush.(他們等了一段時間，仿佛等了一個世紀，然后，同樣低沉的轟隆聲打破了肅穆的寂靜。)

A string of banking scandals has muffled this message: seven mutual savings Banks had their operations suspended in September.(一系列金融丑聞蓋過了這個消息：7家互助儲蓄銀行在九月被勒令中斷營業。)