"Muted" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... at the floor. He put his arm round her, and pushed her head down on his shoulder. "Oh, how silly!" she said, with lips muted ...
— The Coast of Bohemia • William Dean Howells
... the now shadowy rooms. He found the telephone. He lifted the receiver and heard the humming of the line. He tried to call an operator. He heard the muted buzz that said the call was sounding. But there was no answer. He found a telephone book and dialed one number after another. Sheriff. Preacher. Doctor. Garage. Operator again. General store.... He could tell that telephones rang dutifully ...
— Operation Terror • William Fitzgerald Jenkins
... creation-old, was made For you, O lake of silences, that all Earth's fretting voices here should muted fall, As if a finger ...
— Fires of Driftwood • Isabel Ecclestone Mackay
... jerked erect and cupped his palm round his ear. Far off; muted by distance, but still unmistakable; he heard the baying of bloodhounds. Then this was the end. A sob broke from his throat. What was he, an animal; to be hunted down as a sport? Tears of self-pity welled to his eyes as he thought back to a party and a girl and laughter and cleanliness ...
— Faithfully Yours • Lou Tabakow
... the most welcome soft roar of muted rockets. A huge shape swept over the high wall, soared directly over the Gorm, and nestled down in little jets of flame until the stern rested on the solid rock, and the bow swung idly over the ...
— Pirates of the Gorm • Nat Schachner |
