How to Use mute in a Sentence

mute

1 of 3 adjective
Definition of mutenext
Synonyms for mutenext
  • I could see a mute plea for help in his eyes.
  • They hugged each other in mute sympathy.
  • Working the mute button might be the tough task of the night.
    — Dan Gelston, ajc, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The urn speaks of the unity of Truth and Beauty; the jar is mute.
    — Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Know where the mute button is on your screen and how to use it.
    — Stacey Hanke, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
  • The mute switch remains on the iPhone 15 Plus (pictured) and iPhone 15.
    — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The mute icon will appear in the Windows 11 Taskbar, as seen in the image above.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The Oscars telecast then went mute for a spell as Smith walked to the stage and hit Rock.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 28 Mar. 2022
  • When faced with someone in a white coat, don’t go mute.
    — New York Times, 26 Oct. 2021
  • That night, Kobabe watched the video on mute, thought little of it and went to sleep.
    — NBC News, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Of course, celebrities have put their own spin on the mute challenge.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Maybe if she’s stranded by the side of the road; otherwise, mute city.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 29 July 2023
  • The judge then took Méndez off mute, and the hearing resumed.
    — Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Though the Aztecs mounted runs that brought Viejas to full throat, the Rams found ways to hit the mute button.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The replicas stand in the Fowler gallery, imposing, smooth, mute.
    — Rob Goyanes, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
  • There will inevitably be fans at the concert who have not heard of the mute challenge.
    — Ada Tseng, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • In Shang’s home, there is a painting gifted by a fan who is deaf and mute from years ago.
    — Billboard China, Billboard, 16 Aug. 2023
  • One night, her tears fall and do not stop, rendering her blind and mute.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The LEDs change from white to red whenever the mute button is engaged.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
  • She was forced to lie in her third-floor room, alone with a deaf woman and a mute man, bedridden like her.
    — New York Times, 29 Apr. 2022
  • And if there were a trophy for the ad getting the most and fastest hits on the mute button, the Kars4Kids jingle would likely own it.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The action button would replace the mute switch that's been on the iPhone forever.
    — Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Don't be noisy (hit mute if your neighbor starts mowing their lawn or the kids just got home from school).
    — Chandra Steele, PCMAG, 15 June 2023
  • Brendan, is, is Joe Biden being hurt by the fact that Donald Trump's on mute?
    — NBC News, 5 Sep. 2021
  • This pick offers a mute button (press and hold the 8 for five seconds) to turn off beeps and alerts when the cooking time ends.
    — Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping, 8 July 2022
  • There's now an action button on the Pro models only, so that got rid of the mute switch, which has been on the iPhone since 2007.
    — WIRED, 14 Sep. 2023
  • In both directions, mute lines of gray traffic reach back for miles.
    — Oliver Broudy, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Attorneys for Smith and Miller said their clients stood mute; and Grant said the court would enter a not guilty plea on the matters.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Two of Maram’s uncles, Naseem and Ramadan, who were born deaf and mute, have been sheltering there with their families.
    — Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Another helpful tip is to mute notifications and change the settings on your phone so you won’t be disturbed.
    — Kaitlin Vogel, Health, 23 Dec. 2023
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mute

2 of 3 noun
  • I was practicing my trumpet at three in the morning when the mute fell out, and I managed to wake everyone up.
  • That includes the mute switch, the volume buttons, and the SIM tray.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 16 Apr. 2021
  • There's an earpiece at the top and a volume rocker and mute switch on the side.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2020
  • Mute or deaf-mute heroines have been at the center of many movies.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2020
  • There a large landscape print on one wall and a couple TVs on mute.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 15 Feb. 2022
  • The classic Alexa action and mute buttons are still here.
    — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 24 Sep. 2020
  • The new model has two new buttons: power and mute, both to control the TV.
    — David Phelan, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
  • His microphone stays on mute for more than a minute before the footage ends.
    — Anita Chabria, Emily Zenter, Ryan Lillis, Nashelly Chavez, Ellen Garrison and Molly Sullivan, sacbee, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Who among us has not rinsed a dish or flushed a toilet while forgetting to put the phone on mute?
    — Robin Abcarian Los Angeles Times (tns), Star Tribune, 21 Oct. 2020
  • The girl, Nevena, rendered mute by the witch, is raised in a cave by her real mother.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Thank you for speaking up for all the people with a voice that get put on mute, from speaking for change.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 20 Dec. 2017
  • That helps avoid the desire to go on mute and have side conversations.
    — Jenna Schnuer, Fortune, 15 June 2019
  • The first step is to take advantage of the controls that are within apps and sites, such as block, mute and report.
    — Megan Marples, CNN, 24 June 2020
  • In those rehearsals, the musicians would sing along with a rehearsal track while on mute.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2021
  • There's a physical mute switch to turn off the microphone for extra peace of mind.
    — Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 28 Nov. 2021
  • The invasive European mute has the bright orange bill with a large black knob at the base of the bill which both native swans lack.
    — Kitty Conley, Post-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2017
  • The Masters, known as much for the roars as the raw beauty of Augusta National, will be on mute this year.
    — Doug Ferguson, Star Tribune, 12 Aug. 2020
  • All the while, Fox News played on mute above his head, its chyrons questioning whether Sessions was about to be fired.
    — Molly Ball, Time, 29 Mar. 2018
  • McIntosh put Randolph’s call on mute and then called Taylor.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2017
  • But now, her students are often on mute and off-camera.
    — New York Times, 29 Dec. 2020
  • The filing also refers to a Zoom call between Davies, Zhu, and their liquidators in which the two founders were on mute with their cameras off.
    — Grady McGregor, Fortune, 19 July 2022
  • In the contorted Waltz, performed with mutes that alter the string sound, Mr. Shaw’s cello evokes a ghoulish theremin.
    — Barbara Jepson, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2017
  • The remote also include controls for volume, mute, play/pause/skip, menu, and so on.
    — Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2022
  • So, the Aztecs keep marching through a splendid season on relative mute.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Many forgot to hit mute when their teachers were talking, making things a bit chaotic at first.
    — Karen Weise, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020
  • The headphones now have a dedicated mute button for briefly turning off the mics when having a chat with a colleague.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2021
  • There are two buttons for volume, and a microphone mute button.
    — Christian De Looper, BGR, 26 July 2021
  • As there are no in-line remotes here, all the controls are on the device including an on/off button, mic mute button and a volume wheel.
    — Antony Leather, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The top keeps the standard Echo buttons: volume up, volume down, microphone mute and an Alexa-call button.
    — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 18 Oct. 2019
  • So as Union advises, unfollow, block, and mute as needed to protect your energy and feel like your best self.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 12 May 2022
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mute

3 of 3 verb
  • Click the plus button in the top-right corner to add a new word to mute.
    — Wired, 7 Aug. 2022
  • This will mute or unmute your phone’s ringer and alert tones.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2023
  • On the back, there’s also a switch to mute the microphone, which is handy.
    — Christian De Looper, BGR, 2 Aug. 2022
  • And mute the group chats; deal with your phone for only a few select hours a day.
    — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
  • This muted, earthy shade of green is a fall staple for a reason.
    — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
  • But four straight Celtics points followed to mute the Heat rally.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2022
  • Shaded windows mute the midday sun that is frying Gainesville, but not the noise of the crowd.
    — Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 10 Jan. 2023
  • But the old tape multi-tracks, everything was recorded and what was muted was done at the time of the mix.
    — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Steering feel is muted, and response to the helm is relaxed.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 14 Apr. 2023
  • There’s a sense of remove in the film that obscures the performances and mutes the dialogue.
    — Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Say it with me: unfollow them (or at least mute their profile).
    — Alison Caporimo, Seventeen, 17 Jan. 2023
  • In the corridors outside the cells, all sound is muted by old, worn carpets.
    — Júlia Ledur, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
  • While the throttle pedal loves to shout, the steering wheel is always muted.
    — Daniel Golson, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2023
  • School of Math and Science to West Roxbury, the initial response was muted.
    — Christopher Huffaker, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2023
  • Pale sand dunes covered in sea grass and holly trees are muted against the men in neon swim briefs who wander through them.
    — Evan Moffitt, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • But Xie has faced health issues, and Kerry has said in recent months that progress has been muted.
    — Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 30 May 2023
  • Roscoe told the Post that expectations were muted at first.
    — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2023
  • And if you guys are not doing shady s–t on purpose, why mute me from commenting?
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 11 July 2022
  • Some days, Aalayah Eastmond asks friends to mute the television so the sound of gunshots won’t frighten her.
    — Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Each piece in the set has muted, neutral, metallic tones—like silver, gold, copper, and bronze—and fits the woodland theme.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The walls are dark wood, the lighting is muted, the clothes are displayed museumlike, with plenty of space to linger and take in the details.
    — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 27 July 2023
  • This will mute the various blues in the user interface, as well as the role colors.
    — WIRED, 1 Oct. 2022
  • The colors were mostly muted—blacks and blues and whites, a lacy pink lingerie dress under a beige overcoat.
    — Jason Horowitz, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2024
  • But the impact of these munitions on the battlefield has been muted.
    — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • McMurtry’s novels translated well to the movies, where the sweep of the settings helped to mute the stories’ cynicism.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The Action Button is about the same size as the existing button, and users still hold it down to switch between muting and turning on the ringer.
    — Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The debate may have been muted in New York because the city has other major revenue streams, such as Wall Street.
    — Meredith Kolodner, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • This year’s showing will be somewhat muted, as a fuller moon will obscure many of the meteors.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2023
  • Videos featuring those songs must either be removed from the platform or have the music on them muted.
    — Variety, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Videos featuring those songs must either be removed or have the music on them muted.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024

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