nightstick
Example Sentences
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And was the weapon a nightstick or a felt tip pen; was it the 14th Street subway station wall that was defaced, or was it the defacing of a man?
From The Guardian ● Sep. 8, 2017
If it turns into a nightstick, congratulations—you are a “guard”! Your job is to watch over the “prisoners” on your Friends List.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2014
The handcuffs he intended for his prisoner he leaves at Valjean’s door, and the last shot is of a policeman’s nightstick floating in the Seine.
From Time ● Dec. 30, 2012
The aesthetic nightstick in that opening scene is the song that starts to play when the cowering heroine accidentally bumps into a boom box and clicks the power button: Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces."
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2011
Precinct Captain Sealy soon appeared, walking by himself along 125th Street, swinging his nightstick and conversing with people he met.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
