pellet

Example Sentences

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The inside contains a combination of mineral pellets that clean your fabrics.

From Washington Post

He showed the confidential informant a sealed glass jar designed to explode and project glass fragments and shotgun pellets, and the informant was able to capture video of it, according to court documents.

From Seattle Times

When Saipov emerged from his rented truck after his rampage, he pointed pellet and paintball guns at a police officer who shot him, the officer who fired the shots told jurors.

From Seattle Times

Two small windows on one side reveal its dim interior thick with whirling foam pellets, light and dark.

From New York Times

One example is the skipper caterpillar, which can shoot solid pellets of its waste, known as frass, over a distance up to 38 times its body length to keep predators off its tail.

From Scientific American