How to Use muzzle in a Sentence

muzzle

1 of 2 noun

• The trio was about 2 feet from the muzzle of the weapon.
  — Meg James, Amy Kaufman and Julia Wick, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Nov. 2021
• The trio was about two feet from the muzzle of the weapon.
  — Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2021
• With the muzzle on him, all seemed to be in slow motion.
  — Russell Worth Parker, Outdoor Life, 11 May 2023
• The face is connected to the skull at three points: The ear canals, the eye sockets and the muzzle.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 8 Feb. 2020
• First in his big eyes, and then down his long nose straight to his muzzle.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 21 Apr. 2021
• The dog's muzzle, ground to the bone from a ziptie, is now healing.
  — Shannon Prather, Star Tribune, 20 Aug. 2020
• The fungus looks like white fuzz on bats’ muzzles and wings.
  — Sabrina Eaton, cleveland, 27 July 2023
• But as the years progress, his joints will stiffen and his muzzle will gray.
  — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• The video, which was widely shared, showed a wild night, as muzzle flares light up the dark night.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2020
• The hunter sees the flying bird and swings the shotgun through the path, touching the shot off as the muzzle of the shotgun swings past the bird.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 31 July 2019
• Glue the muzzle so that its hole is positioned over the knot.
  — David Agrell, Popular Mechanics, 12 Dec. 2020
• The muzzle of a gun, in the hand of a man who appears to be a Ukrainian soldier, emits a bright flash.
  — Joyce Sohyun Lee, Jon Swaine and Miriam Berger, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022
• Glitch is black with dark brown eyes and white patches on his muzzle and paws.
  — Maria Lovato, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2019
• The coastal critter was dubbed the sheepshead fish for the way its mouth resembles the muzzle of a sheep, the BBC reports.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2021
• Roll two 1/8-inch balls of black; press onto face to make muzzle.
  — Megan Fulweiler, Woman's Day, 9 Sep. 2019
• Holding the muzzle against the window of their police car, the suspect shot twice and fled the scene again.
  — Hisako Ueno, New York Times, 25 May 2023
• The masks were stamped with Made in China across their cotton-white muzzle.
  — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 24 Apr. 2022
• The rifling at the muzzle of my match rifle shows hardly any wear at all.
  — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 20 Feb. 2020
• Donoghue said during the first shot, Arbery’s hand would’ve been between his chest and the muzzle of the shotgun.
  — Shaddi Abusaid, ajc, 16 Nov. 2021
• Pointing their muzzles in the air, soldiers fire off rounds.
  — James Verini Paolo Pellegrin, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
• The muzzle of a rifle was found resting on her abdomen and the butt was between her feet.
  — Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 8 Mar. 2022
• Use a toothpick dipped in semisweet chocolate coating to dot on a muzzle and eyes.
  — Chuck Barney, The Mercury News, 26 July 2019
• Soon, a 32-year-old chimp with a graying muzzle named Justin ambles by.
  — David Grimm, Science | AAAS, 2 Dec. 2020
• The video appears to show a muzzle flash from Thompson’s handgun.
  — Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2022
• Rigby had run out ahead of us, plowing snow with his muzzle.
  — Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Dec. 2021
• Its barrel and muzzle brake were coated in a film of white powder.
  — Jay Kirk, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
• Even Larry Fitzgerald, on hand as a studio host, kept the muzzle on.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2021
• Bats have skin on their wings, muzzles and a membrane that connects between their tail and hind legs.
  — Winifred Frick, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2020
• The tool measures the total time between a mouse click and the flash of an on-screen muzzle that indicates a shot being fired—the lower, the better for the game's responsiveness.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2023
• In another house, a gunman sticks the muzzle of his rifle into a room inhabited by a family.
  — Matt Gutman, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2023

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muzzle

2 of 2 verb

• The company has tried to muzzle its employees by forbidding them to speak to the press.
• Her throat had been slashed and she had been muzzled with duct tape.
  — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• The owner's father was told the dog needed to be muzzled and on a leash in the future.
  — Charlene Paparizos, cleveland.com, 11 May 2018
• For instance, it must be leashed and muzzled when walked.
  — Stephen Hudak, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 June 2018
• The team might have to muzzle him if fans are invited to training camp.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 27 May 2021
• The vet had to tie him down and muzzle him during routine checkups because Buster bit the staff.
  — Donna Freydkin, Glamour, 23 June 2017
• The rhetoric is raising fears among activists that the label could be used as a new tool to muzzle dissent.
  — New York Times, 6 May 2021
• Now, pit bulls or even dogs that look like them must be muzzled and kept on short leases while out in public.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 29 Sep. 2016
• In some cases, threats were enough to muzzle activists.
  — Oscar Lopez, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Sep. 2022
• Come to the firing line with your action open, muzzle up and lay the rifle in the rests, muzzle pointed downrange.
  — Steve Meyer, Alaska Dispatch News, 26 July 2017
• Often the mere specter of danger is enough to muzzle any dissent, Xiao said.
  — Christopher Kuo, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
• Media outlets were muzzled, leaving the public in the dark.
  — Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2020
• But in 2011 the Arab spring erupted, and Arab despots responded by muzzling their critics.
  — The Economist, 20 July 2017
• New York passed dozens of laws over the next several decades to muzzle the worst offenders, and cities throughout the world followed suit.
  — Matthew Jordan, Smithsonian, 19 Apr. 2018
• It’s the only place that can muzzle Tucker Carlson and escape his wrath.
  — Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2021
• Across the country, the authorities have moved to muzzle those who might speak out while the spotlight is on China.
  — New York Times, 31 Jan. 2022
• Talent Though many tried to muzzle 2Pac, the enigmatic MC always found a way to speak his mind on issues plaguing the world.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2018
• Trying to adapt This isn’t the first time the government has attempted to muzzle its critics.
  — Mie Hoejris Dahl, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Mar. 2023
• The White House is alleged to have also sought to muzzle their own top medical experts.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2020
• On one hand, any observer would have to feel better about this team than the week before, when K-State was muzzled 26-6 by Texas Christian.
  — Vahe Gregorian, kansascity, 21 Oct. 2017
• Republicans said the hodge-podge of changes is designed to muzzle their party.
  — Andrew Taylor, ajc, 4 Jan. 2021
• Always point muzzle in a safe direction and treat every firearm as if it is loaded.
  — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 21 Aug. 2021
• Nothing inspires increased diligence from the FBI more than an attempt to muzzle it.
  — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 16 May 2017
• In this sense, Trump has already muzzled himself as a credible voice for America on the world stage.
  — Terence Szuplat, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2017
• Democrats would claim dozens of other officials were muzzled.
  — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2020
• The combination of the spin and the powerful people subverting those systems to muzzle the press is something that has to stop.
  — David Morgan, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2019
• Whatever else happened at that meeting, Newt Gingrich was muzzled in the critical run-up to the '98 midterms.
  — John H. Richardson, Esquire, 10 Aug. 2010
• The silken tones that Meghan employed on the legal series Suits and which were often muzzled during her time as a full-time royal are now given free rein...
  — Katherine J Igoe, Marie Claire, 1 Apr. 2020
• The coronavirus pandemic has muzzled his megaphone, making it that are the lifeblood of his movement.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2020
• The honest truth is the national security law is designed to muzzle voices, it's designed to stop stories from being told.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Nov. 2023

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