How to Use mute in a Sentence

mute

1 of 3 adjective
  • I could see a mute plea for help in his eyes.
  • They hugged each other in mute sympathy.
  • Put the brain on mute and just enjoy.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • My one, quote-unquote, was mute.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Know where the mute button is on your screen and how to use it.
    — Stacey Hanke, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Working the mute button might be the tough task of the night.
    — Dan Gelston, ajc, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Of course, celebrities have put their own spin on the mute challenge.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The screaming fans, now mute; the arena lights, long gone.
    — Mirin Fader, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • One night, her tears fall and do not stop, rendering her blind and mute.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Another vast silence is a field gone mute with it.
    — Marianne Boruch, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
  • In both directions, mute lines of gray traffic reach back for miles.
    — Oliver Broudy, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Getting tired of of the mute button, no romo.
    — Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Maybe if she’s stranded by the side of the road; otherwise, mute city.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 29 July 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
  • Stanley himself has remained mute, but that could change soon.
    — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • That night, Kobabe watched the video on mute, thought little of it and went to sleep.
    — NBC News, 16 Dec. 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
  • Clicking that icon gives you a quick volume slider and a mute button.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2022
  • With a tactical view on mute or turning the volume up.
    — Art De Roché, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • The judge then took Méndez off mute, and the hearing resumed.
    — Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The whole stadium felt as if someone had pressed the mute button.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 5 May 2026
  • There are also four soft buttons on the top for volume up and down, mute and call answer.
    — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2021
  • The deaths had a mute irrefutability.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The replicas stand in the Fowler gallery, imposing, smooth, mute.
    — Rob Goyanes, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Seven-year-olds — a species rarely short of words — nearly went mute in his gravity.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Others were rendered nearly mute as the dam burst from the magnitude of their grief.
    — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 8 June 2022
  • Use the mute features and select a nightstand that has a drawer or shelf where it can be concealed.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 23 Apr. 2026

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.
  • Gazes tangle, sound mutes, time bends.
    — Addie Citchens, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Huffman turned his mute on and his camera off.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Mute or deaf-mute heroines have been at the center of many movies.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • There's an earpiece at the top and a volume rocker and mute switch on the side.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • There a large landscape print on one wall and a couple TVs on mute.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Combined mode shows the total level for both inputs and mutes both at once.
    — Phil Nickinson, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2025
  • That helps avoid the desire to go on mute and have side conversations.
    — Jenna Schnuer, Fortune, 15 June 2019
  • 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
  • On a recent afternoon, the pair of mutes roamed the tiered backyard.
    — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Detwiler mutes or turns off the bodycam a few times throughout the arrest.
    — Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2025
  • In those rehearsals, the musicians would sing along with a rehearsal track while on mute.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2021
  • If messages pile up, answer in batches and mute extras.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
  • There's a physical mute switch to turn off the microphone for extra peace of mind.
    — Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 28 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 girl, Nevena, rendered mute by the witch, is raised in a cave by her real mother.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 30 Mar. 2022
  • There are two buttons for volume, and a microphone mute button.
    — Christian De Looper, BGR, 26 July 2021
  • The remote also include controls for volume, mute, play/pause/skip, menu, and so on.
    — Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • The mutes, the dropouts, the sense that an idea had sprung from the artist’s chest, been scrambled into code, then reassembled in a fugue.
    — Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 8 Dec. 2025
  • That includes the mute switch, the volume buttons, and the SIM tray.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 16 Apr. 2021
  • So, the Aztecs keep marching through a splendid season on relative mute.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2021
  • The ballads, though, are where the trumpeter puts on his Harmon mute and things turn magical.
    — Natalie Weiner, Pitchfork, 19 June 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • There’s even a new mute button, which is super handy considering the fact that plenty of streaming services still rely on ads.
    — Maren Estrada, BGR, 18 July 2021

mute

3 of 3 verb
  • The male nurse muted the sound.
    — Laura Vazquez, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The thrills are there, but muted.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This will mute or unmute your phone’s ringer and alert tones.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Want to know how to mute your home ice advantage?
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 14 May 2026
  • Eight months later, the noise is still muted.
    — Adam Dalva, Longreads, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Plus, muted blue works for any bedroom style.
    — Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 7 May 2026
  • Soft, muted pink adds subtle warmth and works across styles.
    — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The wrong glass can mute those traits, while the right one amplifies them.
    — Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Click the plus button in the top-right corner to add a new word to mute.
    — Wired, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Think olive green, muted forest greens, and more.
    — Cori Sears, The Spruce, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The looming challenges mute the grief.
    — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 31 Jan. 2026
  • And mute the group chats; deal with your phone for only a few select hours a day.
    — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The atmosphere was muted at the start of the game.
    — ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • This muted, earthy shade of green is a fall staple for a reason.
    — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Then the woman quickly turned the screen away and muted it.
    — Brian Brant, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The cheers were muted as the State of the Union pageantry kicked off.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
  • In one, raindrops spark like fireflies against a marsh muted by a storm.
    — Amy Paige Condon, AJC.com, 10 June 2026
  • The audio could have been muted in the broadcast.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Still, the overall response to the show was muted.
    — Claire McNear, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2025
  • On the back, there’s also a switch to mute the microphone, which is handy.
    — Christian De Looper, BGR, 2 Aug. 2022
  • The engine sounds were muted and remote.
    — Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Colors were mostly muted browns, grays, black and ivory, along with pops of oxblood and red.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • But four straight Celtics points followed to mute the Heat rally.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2022
  • Even if things do heat up there, the impact on the market is likely to be muted.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 15 Jan. 2026
  • And if you guys are not doing shady s–t on purpose, why mute me from commenting?
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 11 July 2022
  • And Democrats will remain the side fond of muting dissent.
    — Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The problem, though, is the outlook for oil remains muted at best.
    — Stephanie Hughes, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2025
  • That muted some of the stock market’s gains in morning trading.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz,zev Fima, CNBC, 14 June 2026
  • Choose muted, refined tones and reduce harsh contrast for a calmer space.
    — Aliyah Rodriguez, The Spruce, 1 June 2026
  • Don’t be afraid to mute accounts that trigger overspending or stress.
    — Essence, 15 Dec. 2025

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