How to Use muffler in a Sentence

muffler

noun
  • As for the loud exhaust, the man said that was due to the fact the muffler was missing.
    John Benson, cleveland, 20 Dec. 2022
  • There's not even so much as a muffler clamp to deal with.
    Jim Resnick, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The road from Quartzsite to the site of this year’s RTR was pocked with muffler-scraping craters.
    Penelope Green, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2018
  • The new bike path runs right through a rundown stretch of strip malls and muffler shops.
    New York Times, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Rain drips through holes in the roof and onto shelves of rusted mufflers.
    Laura Newberry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2019
  • Ben Simmons had his hands rolled up in his shirt like a muffler.
    David Murphy, Philly.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • 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 woman said the thieves left in an older model sedan with a loud muffler.
    John Benson, cleveland, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The heat shield between the LP tank and chassis muffler was not installed.
    Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2021
  • 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 part is located between the engine and the muffler.
    The Indianapolis Star, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The neighbor acknowledged using a grinder to take the muffler off his truck.
    John Benson, cleveland.com, 3 July 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
  • Engineers cured that with a new muffler for the Bronco.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • Exhausting: The stereo also has to fight the 124 Abarth’s exhaust note — which sounds quite as if some gearhead left the muffler off the car.
    Scott Sturgis, chicagotribune.com, 25 Oct. 2019
  • If that still doesn't feel fast enough for you, Maureen, try chiseling a hole in your muffler.
    courant.com, 21 July 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
  • 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 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
  • There have been cars that had to be eased along to dampen the roar of the burned-out muffler and some that must have proceeded only because of prayer.
    Sainted & Tainted Writers, Twin Cities, 6 July 2019
  • When the muffler shop hoisted the Sequoia on the lift, the mechanic quickly spotted the problem.
    James E. Causey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2021
  • It is described as having a lift kit, 20-inch black and silver rims, no cap and a loud muffler, police said.
    Jane Ford-Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2018
  • The little cookers that attach to the muffler of snowmobiles are a great little add-on.
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2021
  • Broke my back windshield, ripped my whole entire muffler off.
    Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Some once alerted drivers to businesses that could mend their muffler (hence the name).
    Robert Simonson, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2019
  • While lesser Broncos have their muffler cozied up by the rear bumper, the Raptor's has been repositioned in front of the rear axle.
    David Beard, Car and Driver, 20 June 2022
  • The fix here is simple: Avoid parking or driving through areas with grass that would touch your muffler.
    Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 22 June 2018
  • Straight-through sound The muffler construction is old-school modern.
    J. Daniel Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 24 Aug. 2017

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