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
But like a retired gunslinger in a western movie, circumstances will not let him rest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 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
Imagine: a sprawling, expensive adaptation of a beloved videogame franchise that features an unlikely duo — a nihilistic old gunslinger with a tortured past and a tough young woman whose mission overlaps with his.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2024
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
