How to Use muzzle in a Sentence

muzzle

1 of 2 noun
Definition of muzzlenext
Synonyms for muzzlenext
  • 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
  • Secured housing and restraints such as a leash and muzzle when the dog is walked are required.
    — Lisa Maria Garza, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Secured housing and restraints like a leash and muzzle when the dog is walked are required.
    — Lisa Maria Garza, orlandosentinel.com, 11 Sep. 2019
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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
  • But who else may be muzzled as the tech industry increasingly serves as the world’s editor-in-chief?
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 16 May 2018

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