muffler
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
He even came to see me in his second-hand car, which was lacking a muffler, and we drove noisily over to Bass Lake and went swimming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
Soon after, Kelce bought the old muffler shop and, along with Operation Breakthrough and another nonprofit called MINDDRIVE, helped launch the Ignition Lab.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2024
A telephone user could attach this muffler to a phone and speak into it, preventing other people from eavesdropping.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
According to court documents, a Portsmouth homeowner was working on his property in September 2020 when he heard the loud muffler of a passing car.
From Washington Times ● May 3, 2023
He was wearing a maroon cashmere muffler which had hiked up on his neck, giving him next to no protection against the cold.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
This is a sport that named its bowl games for refrigerators, mufflers and weed eaters, and concludes a current one with the bleak, ritual toasting of an anthropomorphic Pop Tart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
There has been talk that mufflers could be used if the engines were considered too loud, despite the obvious logical inconsistency of that as an approach.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
The price increases have been “modest,” he wrote, and on lower-priced products such as floor mats and mufflers.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025
But drivers often modify their cars and motorcycles to be louder, such as by installing "whistle tips" on the exhaust system to make noise or removing mufflers.
From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2023
We made our children gargle with warm saltwater and wrap mufflers around their necks.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
