water pistol
Example Sentences
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A 13-year-old boy was surrounded by armed police after an officer mistook his water pistol for a real gun.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2023
Surprisingly, one of the most violent-appearing images depicts water pistol games at a Pride Parade.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2022
"I feel like it's a raging fire," she told the board, "and I've got a water pistol."
From Salon • Aug. 11, 2022
An Arkansas man is set to be set free after decades in prison for robbing a taco shop with a water pistol.
From Fox News • Jul. 3, 2021
Zooey was now gazing abstractedly at an old root-beer stain on the ceiling plaster, which he himself had made nineteen or twenty years earlier, with a water pistol.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
