Example Sentences

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And in cracking down on free expression, the authorities have muzzled the region’s poets, practitioners of a centuries-long tradition.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2021

Tyler, who suffers from bipolar disorder, refuses to accept Curry’s diagnosis and says it is just another way that the powers that be have muzzled her husband.

From The Verge • Jun. 25, 2018

If you had trusted me, and confessed the facts before the trial, you would have muzzled me effectually, and prevented the employment of detectives whom I have hissed on your brother's track.

From At the Mercy of Tiberius by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)