Sentence examples similar to muffled stops from inspiring English sources
If he kept the elbow of the hand on the opponent's neck close, he could effectively muffle or stop all of their blows, but keep the tie up lose enough that most referees would encourage the clinched man to keep working.
"Perhaps it would be a good idea, fantastic as it sounds, to muffle every telephone, stop every motor and halt all activity for an hour some day to give people a chance to ponder for a few minutes on what it is all about, why they are living and what they really want".
But Mr. Harper has managed to muffle differences by stopping short of advocating increased privatization of services.
They must stop muffling their voice.
But the mix doesn't sound muffled, and I personally see no harm in stopping short of turning the dynamics - especially bass dynamics - up to 11 if that lets you keep more clarity and detail.
Whether actively, by well-meaning professionals or family members, or tacitly, through the prevailing ethos of the time, those who survived the massacre and those who stopped it were nearly silenced, or at least muffled.
With no visuals and outside noise muffled, you're fully immersed in twisting around to face the sounds to stop yourself from getting eaten.
One was renowned for a voice like "a silver trumpet muffled in silk" and his performances as Hamlet and Prospero; the other famed for his "y'knows", glottal stops and turns at the dispatch box.
"Through laughter, discreetly muffled".
