How to Use muzzle in a Sentence

muzzle

1 of 2 noun

• First in his big eyes, and then down his long nose straight to his muzzle.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 21 Apr. 2021
• But the fungus forms a fuzz on their wings and muzzles.
  — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 9 Dec. 2025
• Glitch is black with dark brown eyes and white patches on his muzzle and paws.
  — Maria Lovato, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2019
• But as the years progress, his joints will stiffen and his muzzle will gray.
  — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• Glue the muzzle so that its hole is positioned over the knot.
  — David Agrell, Popular Mechanics, 12 Dec. 2020
• The syndrome is a fungus that grows on the muzzle and wings of bats.
  — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2025
• 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 dog's muzzle, ground to the bone from a ziptie, is now healing.
  — Shannon Prather, Star Tribune, 20 Aug. 2020
• Roll two 1/8-inch balls of black; press onto face to make muzzle.
  — Megan Fulweiler, Woman's Day, 9 Sep. 2019
• The rifling at the muzzle of my match rifle shows hardly any wear at all.
  — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 20 Feb. 2020
• Its barrel and muzzle brake were coated in a film of white powder.
  — Jay Kirk, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
• Use a toothpick dipped in semisweet chocolate coating to dot on a muzzle and eyes.
  — Chuck Barney, The Mercury News, 26 July 2019
• The video captured bright flashes from the muzzles of the guns as the suspects fired.
  — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
• 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
• Fallon points out that muzzles don’t always signal bite risk.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
• But Duane’s grip on the rifle was so tight that the muzzle stayed jammed under the bear’s chin.
  — Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
• 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
• The muzzle of the machine gun flares in the night as the man sprays automatic fire.
  — Marin Scott, NBC news, 14 Jan. 2026
• 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
• Second, Henze is not afraid to use a muzzle to manage her pups.
  — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
• The masks were stamped with Made in China across their cotton-white muzzle.
  — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 24 Apr. 2022
• 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 video appears to show a muzzle flash from Thompson’s handgun.
  — Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2022
• The pellets spread like a cone shortly after leaving the muzzle.
  — Chris Mudgett, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2020
• There was the muzzle flash coming out of the gunmen's Kalashnikovs.
  — Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 13 Nov. 2025
• The mask my mother-in-law puts on the dog statue outside her front door keeps getting ripped from his muzzle.
  — Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2021
• Soon, a 32-year-old chimp with a graying muzzle named Justin ambles by.
  — David Grimm, Science | AAAS, 2 Dec. 2020
• These features include their brow bone angle, ear placement, and muzzle shape.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Jan. 2026
• Her looks included, but were not limited to, a full-head face shield, a pink muzzle and a mask with tusks.
  — Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2020

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 networks muzzle themselves at their own risk.
  — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
• The team might have to muzzle him if fans are invited to training camp.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 27 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
• If a pet requires muzzling, it should be done prior to arrival, the post said.
  — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
• 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
• Democrats would claim dozens of other officials were muzzled.
  — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2020
• Now clerics who push back too hard against decrees are muzzled—or arrested.
  — The Economist, 2 Nov. 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
• Always point muzzle in a safe direction and treat every firearm as if it is loaded.
  — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 21 Aug. 2021
• Often the mere specter of danger is enough to muzzle any dissent, Xiao said.
  — Christopher Kuo, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
• The vet had to tie him down and muzzle him during routine checkups because Buster bit the staff.
  — Donna Freydkin, Glamour, 23 June 2017
• Republicans said the hodge-podge of changes is designed to muzzle their party.
  — Andrew Taylor, ajc, 4 Jan. 2021
• 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
• An illustration the researchers describe as a human with a muzzle-like head.
  — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2019
• My suggestions to muzzle the dog or acquire a bark collar have been unacceptable to them.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2018
• 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
• The White House is alleged to have also sought to muzzle their own top medical experts.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2020
• 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
• 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
• Until the attempt to muzzle Kimmel failed, giving satirists a new cause and fresh passion to pursue it.
  — Eric Deggans, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
• But rather than vilifying or muzzling proxy advisors, a few simple changes could make the proxy process more open, fair, and thoughtful.
  — Sarah Keohane Williamson, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
• Lynas, in refusing to muzzle himself, is likely to get squeezed further by the climate capos on the left.
  — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 17 June 2011
• Sarge had just been rescued from an owner who had been accused of repeatedly kicking and muzzling the dog with thick rubber bracelets.
  — Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 30 May 2017
• These requirements involved insurance, muzzle the dog in public, wear a specific dog tag, and a post a sign on the home.
  — Jim McHugh, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
• 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
• The new ordinance now states a vicious animal must be muzzled and restrained by a leash or chain not exceeding 4 feet long when off premise.
  — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2018
• 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
• Those with potentially dangerous or dangerous dogs must have a leash that does not exceed four feet and muzzle the animals.
  — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Oct. 2025