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Example sentences for: muffling

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But perhaps after a hundred years of skirts that liberate and expose, women will again feel the desire for fullness, drag, and bulk in their skirts; for the chance to swish, trail, and sweep; to swing heavy fabric from the hips; maybe even to lift heavy folds in front of the belly--or simply to have another way of muffling unsatisfactory legs with something that isn't pants.
And special muffling ear muffs to block waves from entering the brain through the unprotected ear canal route.