Casaubon's ear, Dorothea's voice gave loud emphatic iteration to those muffled suggestions of consciousness which it was possible to explain as mere fancy, the illusion of exaggerated sensitiveness: always when such suggestions are unmistakably repeated from without, they are resisted as cruel and unjust.
Waule who was so far from being admirable in the eyes of these distant connections, had happened to say this very morning (not at all with a defiant air, but in a low, muffled, neutral tone, as of a voice heard through cotton wool) that she did not wish "to enjoy their good opinion.
" "No," was the muffled reply.
And then—something—moved beneath them, there was a gasp and a cry—and somebody said in muffled accents: "Merciful goodness!
" There never will be an end to the troubadours; and now and then it does seem that the jingle of their guitars will drown the sound of the muffled blows of the pickaxes and trip hammers of all the Workers in the world.
There was another communing silence, broken at intervals by muffled sobs, and then the minister spread his hands abroad and prayed.
" They waited a time that seemed an age, and then the same muffled boom troubled the solemn hush.
A measured, muffled snore issued from Aunt Polly's chamber.
Even when she heard the sound of muffled oars, though her heart was in her mouth, she did not waken them.
"Alarmed,concerned and more than just a little frustrated the boss asked,"Why are they there"Still whispering,the young voice replied along with a muffled giggle: "They're looking for me.
Every sound was muffled, every noise changed to something soft and musical.
A carefree heart keeps noise muffled Picking asters by the east fence, The south hill I leisurely glimpse.
" Still whispering, the young voice replied along with a muffled giggle: "They're looking for me.
Even though they are living in close quarters to a busy train station any noise has been muffled by special equipment.
The muffled quiet, snow-quiet, was deafening.
" His voice was muffled against my chest, but I heard the panic in it.
The director thrashed beneath Farid and made muffled screaming sounds.
Every sound was muffled, every noise changed to something soft and musical.
But this time, a muffled reply.
As the woman proceeded down the car, I could hear that phrase being repeated — "Please I'm trying to buy flowers for a funeral arrangement" — until at last it grew muffled in a kind of ruckus and a smooth-voiced recorded announcement overwhelmed it: "Courtesy is contagious.
