How to Use silencer in a Sentence

silencer

noun
  • Paul Ryan says there are no plans to bring a gun silencer bill to the floor.
    — NBC News, 4 Oct. 2017
  • The silencer was fashioned from an oil can, the sheriff said.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Black because we’re done being silenced and we’re done with the silencers.
    — Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 8 Jan. 2018
  • The search of the backpack turned up a pistol, silencer, and notebook.
    — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Green had also bought potatoes so that Cutler could use one as a silencer.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 26 June 2024
  • Police allege that he was found with fake IDs, a gun and a silencer.
    — Liam Quinn, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
  • One of his sons has voiced strong support for easing the restrictions on gun silencers.
    — Lisa Marie Pane and Emily Swanson, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Police recovered two hunters’ knives and a silencer from the victim.
    — Michael Nichols, National Geographic, 21 Feb. 2016
  • One of the five firearms belonging to the killers was also fitted with a homemade silencer.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Write down the targets, draw up plans and booby trap the roads, lay down [roadside bombs], and spread out snipers and kill with silencers.
    — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Steven Carrillo slid open the van door and readied his rifle, equipped with a silencer.
    — Joshua Sharpe, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 July 2022
  • And at the vendor expo, where guns, scopes and silencers are displayed like jewelry, weapons of war are fetishized.
    — Otis R. Taylor Jr., San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2018
  • One of my other favorite touches to this phone is the ring silencer physical toggle on the left side.
    — Scott Kramer, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The bill would have restricted the ability of states and cities to regulate the sales of firearm silencers.
    — Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 14 Apr. 2020
  • The volume up, volume down, sound silencer and SIM card slot are all found on the left side.
    — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 20 Oct. 2020
  • After making sure his gun is loaded with bullets and a silencer, Amos finds Zoë.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Police say a ghost gun, silencer and writings expressing ill will were found on Mangione and link him to the crime.
    — Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Mini is home to the SIM card slot, volume up, volume down and the silencer switch.
    — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Gemtech, based in Eagle, is one of the world’s leading companies for design and sales of gun silencers.
    — Ruth Brown, idahostatesman, 7 July 2017
  • Through the dark Web, Fenech tried to buy cyanide and a pistol with a silencer, but neither transaction went through.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2020
  • That gun, which had a long silencer attached, was found when police searched the home, alongside a Glock handgun and about three pounds of cannabis.
    — Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Officers continued searching the bag at a police station and found the gun and silencer.
    — Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
  • If the firearm possessed is a machine gun, or is equipped with a firearm silencer, then the imprisonment is no less than 30 years.
    — John Sharp | [email protected], al, 31 May 2023
  • Among the items were zip ties, duct tape, a black firearm, a Glock magazine, a silencer and more than a dozen 9 mm rounds, the filing states.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2025
  • He was caught with a gun, a silencer and a fraudulent New Jersey ID card.
    — Filip Timotija, The Hill, 10 Dec. 2024
  • One of the silencers was attached to the rifle and another was recovered at the rental residence.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The fourth count, which was also dismissed, accused Mangione of the use of a firearm equipped with a silencer during the stalking.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The power button and SIM card slot are on the right, while the volume silencer and rocker are on the right.
    — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Descaling the tank took up to 40 minutes and 9 cups of vinegar to soak the tank, float pad, water filter, and noise silencer.
    — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 June 2024
  • Authorities have said the gun and silencer are consistent with the firearm used in the shooting of Thompson.
    — Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024

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