gunslinger

Example Sentences

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Julie is intended as a fairly good-natured, warmly attractive and decidedly incongruous gunslinger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

Villarreal: I, too, have wondered if one of our monkey friends could be the gunslinger responsible for the shootout in the season’s opening scene.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2025

Set in 1872, Forsaken, focuses on embittered gunslinger John Henry Clayton's return to his hometown and his attempts to build bridges with his estranged father.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2024

But sometimes that confidence — that ol’ gunslinger bravado — gets him in trouble.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 23, 2023

His dad didn’t say anything, just twirled a tire wrench back and forth on his thumb like a gunslinger.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss