Get to know Muffling better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Muffling meaning
present participle and gerund of muffle
Using Muffling
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of muffle
- In the example corpus, muffling often appears in combinations such as: drum muffling.
Context around Muffling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Muffling
- In this selection, "muffling" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, drum, same, necktie, techniques, behind and pads stand out and add context to how "muffling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a necktie muffling his mouth and bass drum muffling the bass. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "muffling" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with muffling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Muffling can be installed through the hole without taking off the front head. (13 words)
A romantic dinner while muffling behind a face mask: does that appeal to you? (14 words)
Drum muffling pads may be used to lessen the volume of drums during practicing. (14 words)
Bass drum Muffling the bass can be achieved with the same muffling techniques as the snare, but bass drums in a drum kit are more commonly muffled by adding pillows or another soft filling inside the drum, between the heads. (40 words)
Smaller drums also tend to be quieter, again suiting smaller venues, and many of these kits extend this with easily fitted extra muffling to the point of allowing quiet or even silent practice in a hotel room or bedroom. (39 words)
Ed Kretzman, a policy advisor for the service, would later comment that it was VOA's "darkest hour when Senator McCarthy and his chief hatchet man, Roy Cohn, almost succeeded in muffling it". (33 words)
A romantic dinner while muffling behind a face mask: does that appeal to you? (14 words)
Example sentences (11)
Bass drum Muffling the bass can be achieved with the same muffling techniques as the snare, but bass drums in a drum kit are more commonly muffled by adding pillows or another soft filling inside the drum, between the heads.
The cartoon showed a FWS biologist with a necktie muffling his mouth—to prevent him from speaking the truth.
A romantic dinner while muffling behind a face mask: does that appeal to you?
Cutting a small hole in the resonant head can also produce a more muffled tone, and allows manipulation in internally placed muffling.
Drum muffling pads may be used to lessen the volume of drums during practicing.
Ed Kretzman, a policy advisor for the service, would later comment that it was VOA's "darkest hour when Senator McCarthy and his chief hatchet man, Roy Cohn, almost succeeded in muffling it".
Muffling a marching bass drum There are a few different ways to properly muffle a marching bass drum.
Muffling can be installed through the hole without taking off the front head.
Smaller drums also tend to be quieter, again suiting smaller venues, and many of these kits extend this with easily fitted extra muffling to the point of allowing quiet or even silent practice in a hotel room or bedroom.
Some jazz drummers avoid using thick drum heads, preferring single ply drum heads or drum heads with no muffling.
The Prussian von Muffling interrupts the Duchess of Richmond's ball to warn the Duke of Wellington that Napoleon has invaded Belgium to defeat the Allied forces before they can unite.
Common combinations with muffling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: