bullet

Example Sentences

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At 66, he wondered whether it was time to bite the bullet.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

However, she warned the guidance was not "a silver bullet" and that if someone made a claim of discrimination against an organisation it was not a defence to say "we're waiting for the guidance".

From BBC • May 21, 2026

That’s when a sleek, silver, oversized high-speed bullet train arrives on the scene.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Imagine it like this: It is late in the evening of April 15, 1865, and Abraham Lincoln has survived an assassination attempt, the bullet aimed by John Wilkes Booth having merely nicked his now-bandaged scalp.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

After more weeks of trial and error and testing and retesting, they succeeded in locating a bullet lost in a different man's body for years.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow