Examples of muffler in a Sentence
Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2023
Photographed by Francesco Scavullo, Vogue, August 1974 Beverly Johnson wears a Jack Winter suit; turtleneck and muffler by Yves Gonnet; Veaumont beret.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2024
Enter Milton Reeves, a minor on-and-off manufacturer of automobiles over the years, who had invented and patented the automotive muffler in 1897.
—Larry Printz, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2023
Plants that make mufflers, catalytic converters, fuel injectors and other components that electric cars don't need will have to be overhauled or shut down.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2023
Plants that make mufflers, catalytic converters, fuel injectors and other components that electric cars don’t need will have to be overhauled or shut down.
—Jack Ewing, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
They mainly were used for advertising at gas stations and muffler shops.
—Adrian Vore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023
Traffic complaint: Roundwood Road, Crabtree Lane A caller reported shortly after 7:30 p.m. Aug. 8 that an older model blue Acura SUV with graffiti all over it and a loud muffler was speeding up and down Crabtree Lane.
—Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 19 Aug. 2023
The catalytic converter, oxygen sensor and muffler were reported stolen June 15 from a 2007 Honda Element parked in the 200 block of South Cuyler Avenue.
—Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2023
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circa 1536, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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