like a pistol
Example Sentences
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It started with a loud bang like a pistol shot.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2023
Since then there have been some changes such as the use of yellow plastic, but they are still designed with a grip and a trigger much like a pistol.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2021
The filmmakers are reluctant to communicate the exuberance of some first-rate literary work for fear of seeming disrespectful; the result is an agonizingly slow translation of a work that should move like a pistol shot.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2019
On a taxi ride in Beijing once, the driver, upon discovering I was American, shaped his hand like a pistol and began shooting imaginary bullets.
From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2016
Byrnes seemed to think it could be used like a pistol, to scare the Soviets into behaving a certain way.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
