Soon the curtains were drawn by four o'clock and there were days when the mist and rain so muffled the sounds of the world outside that there was almost complete silence.

The rain muffled her hoarse cries.

The wind and the rain are muffling us.

The drizzling rain muffled the sound of drunken voices singing and shouting somewhere back along the docks.

Only heavy rain could possibly muffle the voice of Archchancellor Ridcully when he was feeling cheerful.

The rain muffled everything, and he found himself straining for the sound of birds.

But falling rain would also muffle the noise of the aircraft, and reduced visibility worked both ways.

The loud rain on the roof of the shelter muffled her voice.

Three times he called out Lisa's name, but the rain muffled his voice, and he could hear no answer except for the flappings of a bird.

The rain might have muffled the shots enough so that the other rancherias would not be alerted to our coming.