buckshot
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"We now can establish that a pellet that came from the buckshot from the defendant's Mossberg pump-action shotgun was intertwined with the fiber of the vest of the Secret Service officer," Pirro said.
From Barron's ● May 3, 2026
In Magee’s composition, Shiffler even gestures to the bleeding wound in his side, which looks more like the piercing of a Roman spear than the crater from a blast of buckshot.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2021
Fragments fell like extraterrestrial buckshot into a national park larger than the Netherlands.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2021
“There is no silver bullet, there is, you know, golden buckshot, because it’s going to take a lot of different kinds of policies to win this battle,” Inslee said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2018
I just don’t want to bite down on buckshot, is all, and I’m checking each piece.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a word