pistol

Example Sentences

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The president himself posted a photograph of the pistol on Truth Social, noting that it was loaded and accompanied by extra magazines.

From Salon

Now 53, he goes on regular hunting trips - often shooting deer in Victoria's high country - and competes in pistol shooting events six times a year.

From BBC

He maintained during his trial that his two crossbows were "purely for sport" and that two pistols were the kind "commonly used in fairgrounds".

From BBC

This strange customer, known as the Scot, wears a kilt and carries a chrome-plated pistol.

From The Wall Street Journal

Everyone’s got a device in their hand pretty much all the time, aiming their cameras at each other like pistols in a Wild West standoff.

From Los Angeles Times