How to Use muffler in a Sentence

muffler

noun
  • Wall-to-wall carpet puts a muffler on all that.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The new bike path runs right through a rundown stretch of strip malls and muffler shops.
    — New York Times, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Ben Simmons had his hands rolled up in his shirt like a muffler.
    — David Murphy, Philly.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Rain drips through holes in the roof and onto shelves of rusted mufflers.
    — Laura Newberry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2019
  • Something as small as heat from a car muffler could be enough to ignite grass.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Broke my back windshield, ripped my whole entire muffler off.
    — Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2018
  • The feline emerges from the muffler with its ears and neck covered with grease and oil.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 18 July 2024
  • As for the loud exhaust, the man said that was due to the fact the muffler was missing.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The woman said the thieves left in an older model sedan with a loud muffler.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The man was issued warnings for not wearing his seat belt and for the loud muffler.
    — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 11 May 2018
  • The man removes his muffler to reveal a face painted half in red, and half in black.
    — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
  • Even the life-sized giraffe even got dressed for the season with a ribbon muffler.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The part was cut clean with a power tool and the female noticed her muffler lying on the ground.
    — Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2018
  • The neighbor acknowledged using a grinder to take the muffler off his truck.
    — John Benson, cleveland.com, 3 July 2019
  • On the day Victoria was killed, he was fired from his job at an auto-muffler shop.
    — David Stout, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2017
  • Petting the kitten to keep it calm, the crew slowly and gently pulls the tiny cat out of the muffler.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 18 July 2024
  • Some once alerted drivers to businesses that could mend their muffler (hence the name).
    — Robert Simonson, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2019
  • If that still doesn’t feel fast enough for you, Maureen, try chiseling a hole in your muffler.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2019
  • If that still doesn't feel fast enough for you, Maureen, try chiseling a hole in your muffler.
    — courant.com, 21 July 2019
  • The car had a distinct red quarter panel or door on the rear passenger side and a loud muffler.
    — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2018
  • And for those things to happen, it must be fitted with a legal muffler and safety equipment.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Straight-through sound The muffler construction is old-school modern.
    — J. Daniel Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • On May 10 an officer on patrol stopped a car for a loud muffler.
    — Julie A. Short/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 19 May 2017
  • The heat shield between the LP tank and chassis muffler was not installed.
    — Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2021
  • The muffler can be damaged or ripped out with the catalytic converter.
    — David Hodari, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2019
  • The ticker paper didn’t hurt him, but a muffler dropped off a car, flipped, and almost clocked the general in the head.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Neighbors believed the suspect was wearing a hoodie and drove a pickup truck that had a loud muffler.
    — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024
  • My brother once taped his muffler back onto his truck after it was knocked off during a four-wheel-drive in Utah.
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register, 17 Jan. 2017
  • The little cookers that attach to the muffler of snowmobiles are a great little add-on.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2021
  • Toyota also stripped weight from the front seats, muffler, and driveshaft, along with moving the license plate down to the bumper.
    — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2021

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