carbine
Example Sentences
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“What I remember is the time John Wayne killed three men with a carbine . . . and the time the kitten found Orson Welles in the doorway in The Third Man.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Pusser indeed owned a lot of guns, including a .30 carbine caliber revolver that Mike Elam managed to procure over the course of his investigation.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2025
The carbine red of two works by the Beirut-based artist Dala Nasser frame the back and a side wall.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
I wanted an official Red Ryder, carbine action, 200-shot range model air rifle ...
From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2022
I got up from bed and lifted my 30/30 carbine from the wall and listened again near the door of Rocinante— and I heard the steps come closer.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
