MUZZLE in a Sentence
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37 example sentences for MUZZLE, such as:
1. The soldier depressed the muzzle of a gun.
2. The new Secrecy Act will muzzle the media and the opposition.
3. Slowly, and with an air almost of amusement, Benjamin nodded his long muzzle.
4. A small metal knob on the muzzle of a firearm, such as a rifle, used for sighting.
5. It was a giant dog, as large as a calf, tawny tinted, with hanging jowl, black muzzle, and huge projecting bones.
2. The new Secrecy Act will muzzle the media and the opposition.
3. Slowly, and with an air almost of amusement, Benjamin nodded his long muzzle.
4. A small metal knob on the muzzle of a firearm, such as a rifle, used for sighting.
5. It was a giant dog, as large as a calf, tawny tinted, with hanging jowl, black muzzle, and huge projecting bones.
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Meanings and Examples of MUZZLE
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muzzle
v. fit with a muzzle
v. prevent from speaking out
Classic Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1 Indeed, its snow-white muzzle proclaimed that it had already exceeded the usual term of canine existence.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
2 Slowly, and with an air almost of amusement, Benjamin nodded his long muzzle.
3 None of the animals could form any idea as to what this meant, except old Benjamin, who nodded his muzzle with a knowing air, and seemed to understand, but would say nothing.
4 Only old Benjamin was much the same as ever, except for being a little greyer about the muzzle, and, since Boxer's death, more morose and taciturn than ever.
5 It was a giant dog, as large as a calf, tawny tinted, with hanging jowl, black muzzle, and huge projecting bones.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
6 Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 14. The Hound of the Baskervilles
Context Highlight In Chapter 14. The Hound of the Baskervilles
7 I placed my hand upon the glowing muzzle, and as I held them up my own fingers smouldered and gleamed in the darkness.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 14. The Hound of the Baskervilles
Context Highlight In Chapter 14. The Hound of the Baskervilles
8 Only when I pressed the cold muzzle of the revolver to his temple did he at last understand that resistance was vain.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
Context Highlight In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
9 She had drawn a little gleaming revolver, and emptied barrel after barrel into Milverton's body, the muzzle within two feet of his shirt front.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
10 It represented an alert, sharp-featured simian man, with thick eyebrows and a very peculiar projection of the lower part of the face, like the muzzle of a baboon.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
Context Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
11 A little aloof, as became an aristocrat, lay a black-spotted carriage dog, muzzle on paws, patiently waiting for the boys to go home to supper.
12 Scarlett felt that if he had been a dog he would have laid his muzzle in her lap and whined for a kind hand upon his head.
13 At this moment, Heyward observed that the scout loosened his knife in its sheath, and lowered the muzzle of his rifle.
14 Then lowering the dangerous muzzle he stretched forward his long neck, as if to assist a scrutiny that was already intensely keen.
15 But, instead of pulling the trigger, he lowered the muzzle again, and indulged himself in a fit of his peculiar mirth.
Example Sentence:
1 The new Secrecy Act will muzzle the media and the opposition.
2 The soldier depressed the muzzle of a gun.
3 A small metal knob on the muzzle of a firearm, such as a rifle, used for sighting.
4 Only when I pressed the cold muzzle of the revolver to his temple did he at last understand that resistance was vain.