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Example sentences for "muffler"

Lexicographically close words:
muffed; muffin; muffins; muffle; muffled; mufflers; muffles; muffling; muffs; mufti
  1. Then he found his pistols, and put on his greatcoat, muffler and cap, before he spoke a word.

  2. He pushed his hat back from his forehead, pulled his muffler down from his face, and stared at Julian as if he meant to look him through.

  3. There was a fragrance of alcohol about the flushed face and gaudy muffler of this odious cousin, which heightened the effect of his horribly dismal features.

  4. He had a muffler loose about his neck and chin.

  5. His dark overcoat and white silk muffler concealed a spruce dress suit, a fact betrayed by black, braided trousers, unusually tight-fitting, and boots which almost glittered.

  6. The man with the muffler turned in my direction; he eyed me indignantly and put his right hand to his left side, whether in search of a sword, in order to treat me as he would have treated Miguel Cervantes, I do not know.

  7. He wore a little three-cornered hat which did not approach his ears, and a silk muffler over his coat, although it was only the first of October.

  8. But the thick veil did its duty well, while the muffler answered the purpose intended; it changed the voice which was only natural once, and that when it addressed the baby, which began to grow restless as they drew near the depot.

  9. Illustration] Child's Muffler This is a combination of flat and round web.

  10. Illustration] Muffler This may be made of round or flat web.

  11. Sew the buttons on the opposite end and on the inside where they will be hidden while the muffler is being worn.

  12. Army transports rattled over the cobbled square; one of the gray motors with its muffler cut out, snorted past; and then the eye began to take in its surroundings.

  13. As, with the muffler cut out, we roared through the streets of Lille, I saw the civilians pause to watch us pass with sullen eyes.

  14. Shells from the German batteries had been flying overhead, but the muffler cut-out had drowned their wicked whine.

  15. It was Peter, Baron de Grost, who threw his muffler and broad-brimmed hat upon the table.

  16. A muffler concealed the lower part of his face.

  17. A fashionable crinoline, and a full-sleeved astrakhan sacque, together with an afghan muffler round her throat, had given the slim chambermaid an imposing portliness.

  18. Whenever you want to stop the staccato sounds from publishing your coming to the entire country, ten miles in every direction, all you have, to do is to press a button, and the muffler gets down to business automatically.

  19. After removing the muffler or any other instrumental attachment which may be in the piano in the way of placing the mutes, the first thing to do is to place the continuous mute so that all the outside strings of the trios are damped.

  20. Lift the muffler boards worked by the right knee-swell, take a brush and clean thoroughly next to the reeds which will be exposed when the muffler boards are raised.

  21. If you ask them why they do not wear a cravat or muffler they tell you it is "no good to coddle yourself up too much, for the more clothes you wear the more you will want to wear.

  22. Many of them were clad in white corduroy trousers, waistcoats of the same material, with cloth jackets and well-shone boots, and they wore a plain red or white muffler around the neck.

  23. Miss Ryland unrolled the Scotch muffler from her throat, swinging her head from side to side in a sort of spuriously truculent manner, quite peculiarly her own.

  24. He wore a muffler so tightly packed between his neck and the collar of his uniform jacket, that it appeared materially to impair his respiration.

  25. It runs from the exhaust nozzle on the engine to the muffler and thence outboard.

  26. The muffler may be dispensed with and much space saved by carrying the exhaust directly through the bottom of the boat and exhausting under water.

  27. The particular function of the muffler is to afford a comparatively large space into which the exhaust may pass and expand, greatly reducing the pressure.

  28. A small expansion chamber or muffler should be provided between the engine and the outlet, in order to break up the violent pulsations and make the flow fairly constant.

  29. It will be found advisable to place the muffler and exhaust piping away from combustible material, and never to turn the exhaust into any chimney or flue.

  30. The products of combustion pass through the exhaust pipe C to the muffler D, from which they pass to the atmosphere through a series of fine holes.

  31. The muffler need be of no particular shape, as long as the volume is sufficient.

  32. The outlet from the muffler then leads directly outboard as before.

  33. The muffler is commonly placed in the stern with the outlet directly outboard.

  34. He was so quiet that he had to have a muffler cut-out on his own great heart to keep it from drowning his voice!

  35. I observed that he wore a large coat and muffler and that he was walking under an umbrella.

  36. When we alighted Mr. Murmurtot stood shivering in a greatcoat and muffler close by the passengers' entrance.

  37. As soon as he stepped out of the door of the dormitory, History's knit muffler was wrapped around his mouth, and he was seized and hustled along toward the gymnasium.

  38. As for the lady, she had a black lace muffler wound about her face.

  39. Remembering that he was supposed to be suffering from a chill he donned a heavy Ulster of Bellward's which was hanging in the hall and wound a muffler round his neck.

  40. Coming back all went well till we were in the roughest sea; then the muffler came loose.

  41. On Friday the flywheel came loose six times, the muffler four, and the valve spring fell off and stayed off.

  42. Not wanting to stop the engine in that sea I spent half the time on my knees holding the tiller in one hand and the muffler nut with a pair of pliers in the other.

  43. About his neck was a long woolen muffler which concealed the lower part of his face quite as effectually as his scraggly, grizzled whiskers.

  44. In an almost incredible time he had changed his oilskins and muffler for a dark coat and silk hat.

  45. The words were hardly out of the speaker's mouth when Frank felt a muffler flung over his head and face.

  46. The bigger brother walked like a true apache, slouching and slinking along, shoulders hunched up, head sunk down, face hidden between his muffler and the peak of his cap.

  47. He wore a little black skull cap and a grey muffler about his throat.

  48. She is wrapped in a muffler and carries a lighted lantern.


  49. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "muffler" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    accelerator; auto; automobile; collar; cushion; damp; damper; gag; generator; mask; muffle; muffler; mute; muzzle; neckwear; parts; scarf; silencer; tie