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
But any of them might point to Don Hogan Charles’ photo of him peering out of his window while holding an M1 carbine.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2024
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
He was still there, huddled in the same place with his carbine in hand, his machete in a sheath that hung from his belt, when darkness fell four hours later.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
