Sentences with phrase «as muffled»

The New York Times put the number of New York protesters at 500 and described them as muffled and docile: «Just a very ruly crowd of lawyers, most of whom were not from Pakistan.»

The 4th and 5th harmonics come through as muffled, as typical of high frequencies passing through a thick mechanical barrier.

, a seven by twenty - five foot cyanotype installation by Jason Houck that is a visual paean to bookstores as muffled refuges from city life, casinos...

The Kobo Vox and Nook Tablet are two models in particular that suffer from this problem and gives you sub-par audio because it always comes across as muffled.

It's pleasingly quiet when the cloth roof is fixed in place, though not as muffled as on a BMW or Benz.

The cast is blue ribbon â $» Allison Janney, Ciarà ¡ n Hinds, Shirley Henderson, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Lerner, Ally Sheedy, Charlotte Rampling and a very sharp Paul (Pee - wee Herman) Reubens â $» and Solondz» talent for depth - bomb comedy, the sort of delayed revelation that comes as a muffled detonation after you'd stopped listening for one, saves the enterprise from terminal self - flagellation.

She cautioned anyone who notices a change in his or her hearing, such as muffled sounds or ringing in the ears, to use those signs as a warning and make safer listening choices, including use of hearing protection.

You might even feel them as muffled, rhythmic movements in your uterus.

Incredibly, it is at this point in your pregnancy term that your baby will begin to hear a variety of noises such as the beating of your heart and the sounds that your stomach makes, as well as your muffled voice.

Your shifty undertakings are further enhanced by classical stealth elements long gone from modern games — such as muffling the noise by jumping on a carpet when dropping from heights — along with slightly more present ones, like looking through keyholes or hiding bodies in containers.

Not exact matches

Thick and glossy, with artfully arranged butterfly clips across the crown as though it was meant to look casual but must have taken all morning to pin in place, her hair fell across her face, blocking her from view but not quite muffling the sounds of the two of them giggling.

As a consequence, the reader is left with a partial view of Hua - yen thought, condensed to a closed, muffled, ineffective, and flat system, relatively speaking.

As shock muffled my ability to experience God's abiding presence with me, my director invited me to open myself to discover all the ways God was reassuring me that I was not walking this journey by myself.

The muffled whoosh of the vacuum as it cleans up powdered sugar after the girls made «goose poop» cookies (Russian Tea Cakes).

Learning to detect the forms of self - flattery which grant us immunity from accountability is a vital part of ethical and spiritual growth, as is learning to detect where our cynicism about the victim language of others is justified and where, half - muffled and scarcely articulate, there are real victims on whose behalf we must extend ourselves.

I think it tastes better than a traditional gratin, anyhow, as the flavors are not muffled under all of that butterfat.

She's resorted to holding a pillow over her ears to muffle the noise as I sing Christmas song after Christmas song.

Muffled thoroughly in foul - weather gear as protection against biting winds, iceboat sailors will haul their craft hundreds of miles on car top or trailer to compete with each other.

The world's newest most expensive player — a footballer with the attributes and abilities to live up to his billing as the archetypal modern midfield all - rounder — was muffled by his manager's tactics in almost the complete reverse of Guardiola's impact upon De Bruyne.

White noise, such as a fan, blocks out or muffles noises, especially during the day.

As I did that, my concentration was diverted to at least muffle the crying for a few seconds.

I'm breastfeeding while I type this and baby is having a laugh, as well, muffled with a mouth full of boob!

As I sip on the golden drink it muffles out the sounds of whining that had previously filled the air.

Sound machines set to low (about the same volume as a running shower) helped muffle sounds and the grumblings of siblings.

And, as they make clubhouse signs and set about «nesting» in their little corner of the world, their muffled giggles and busy chatter make my heart sing.

Meanwhile, between muffled apologies and frantic bagging, you attempt to get as far away from the store as possible.

«Males can be perceived as dangerous, and stress can muffle pain responses,» says Jeffrey Mogil, the study's lead author and a pain researcher at McGill University in Montreal.

A strong El Niño muffled activity in the Atlantic, but boosted it in the Pacific, as forecasters anticipated back in the spring.

And then my muffled response, as I choked and gagged on my gluttonous amount of clothes, «I'm just kidding!»

The clanging way the old piano used to sound, muffled just so by the side doors as those keys were pounded each night.

I didn't notice any intentional muffling to go along with the time - specific video delivery, as the sound becomes background & mostly ineffective.

► Lightning strikes a lighthouse and we see a close - up of gel spreading and becoming larger at the base of the building where a small fire burns briefly; a wall of gel rises like a curtain from a jungle forest into the sky, making noises like muttering and muffled roars as we hear that the phenomenon is spreading and destroying all species on Earth; five scientists armed with military rifles enter the area to find trees that have become covered with flowers, woody plants have grown into human shapes covered with blossoms, the bodies of three missing soldiers have been engulfed with vines, moss, and lichens that have grown out of the bodies and the head of a soldier is found in a path (we see no blood or facial expression).

Mr. Corbijn picturesquely frames the back story to the shoot, but his muffled retelling drifts with Dane DeHaan's murmurous impersonation of Dean and Robert Pattinson's almost perversely listless turn as Stock.

The metallic creak of the cable as Petit walks; the rustle and hiss of wind passing over his clothes and through his hair; the muffled sound of traffic noises floating up from 110 stories below: «The Walk» makes these and other sensations palpable, along with Petit's delight, defiance and moments of doubt and fear.

Granted, these noises must penetrate a thick, muffling wall of papier - mâché: Frank always wears an unblinking false head onstage (as did the film's real - life inspiration Chris Sievey, a British comic and musician who died an enigma in 2010).

The smart, rapid dialogue is sometimes mumbled and other times muffled by ambient sound, and serves as the meat of the modestly budgeted film.

However, the dialogue is not handled nearly as well; it usually feels slightly muffled, and doesn't stand out as well as it should against the background sound.

And this is but one isolated example of Kwaidan's sonic inventiveness, as Takemitsu executes similar techniques — the muffling or extreme selectiveness of atmosphere noise, the dialing up of psychologically motivated sound effects — to mesmeric results in scene after scene of Kobayashi's chilling anthology film.

Even the best images get scuppered by awkward ones, as when Ozon follows a dark, misty tracking shot of Anna and Adrien returning home from a late - night dance with some boilerplate medium close - ups that dissipate dramatic tension and muffle expressive detail.

Either it is cutting up scoundrels wearing a pair of stilettos, or setting out on the most ballsy Basic Instinct muffle at any point committed to screen, this bonds Deadpool as his defining part; and combined with Leitch in the director's seat, the activity feels more solid and astute.

Both movies suffer from muffled audio, which though encoded as Dolby 5.1, sounds like plain mono to my ears.

That's why Caveman Warriors is best played with others, muffled laughter carrying you through the experience as you rally around to topple Undine, Lodrack, Cavernator v2.0, and the game's many other bosses.

Audio: The audio goes as big wonky in one spot around the kidnapping, where the voices become slightly muffled or muted.

The sound design shines here, through muffled conversations in adjacent rooms and all manner of crashes and bangs as these interlopers abuse her house and her hard work.

The Room, as the legend goes, was written, directed, produced, and (somehow) financed by a guy named Tommy Wiseau, a mysterious Mr. Moneybags with a Keith Richards — knockoff vibe and a somewhat muffled Eastern European accent.

The DVD's Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track is deceptive, as Hanks» dialogue can sound very muffled at times, but I think it has more to do with his delivery — once again, the subtitles are a blessing.

Finding its way to the DVD format just a couple of weeks before another haunted house flick (Cold Creek Manor) debuts on the big screen, veteran television director Dan Curtis's horror quickie is one of those comfortable relics that doesn't scare so much as mildly chill, offering countless opportunities to shout at the screen without any sort of discernible payoff — until the end, that is, but even that shocker of a conclusion has been telegraphed since at least the midway point of the first act, muffling its surprise.

As a result, as educators, «we have a somewhat quiet crisis of content,» Perkins writes, «quiet not for utter lack of voices but because other concerns in education tend to muffle them.&raquAs a result, as educators, «we have a somewhat quiet crisis of content,» Perkins writes, «quiet not for utter lack of voices but because other concerns in education tend to muffle them.&raquas educators, «we have a somewhat quiet crisis of content,» Perkins writes, «quiet not for utter lack of voices but because other concerns in education tend to muffle them.»

The M550i emits a muffled, yet pleasantly snarly growl from its 4.4 - liter V - 8 with any firm press of the go pedal, which is punctuated by a series of soft whomps as the eight - speed automatic rapidly swaps cogs.

Prod the pedal and there's a muffled, breathy growl that sounds as if there's too much gas trying to get out, overlaid as the revs and load build by a flatulent rasp.