magnum

Example Sentences

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He was carrying 743 rounds of ammunition and four handguns – two 9mm Browning semi-automatic pistols and two Smith & Wesson .357 magnum revolvers.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

After inspecting a gifted magnum of Chinese wine, he stressed that the country "knew how to produce" -- another worry for French producers.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

A magnum is not just twice the size of a regular bottle of wine: It is also, as a friend put it recently, “a supersized expression of joy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Much has been said already about Bad Bunny’s magnum opus; the album is a generation-spanning, full-throated celebration of boricua resilience, and simultaneously a pointed warning about the ongoing neocolonization of La Isla del Encanto.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

Bud Gleason purchased a box each of .270 rifle bullets and .357 magnum pistol shells.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols