rifleman

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“During rotations, unfortunately, there are a lot of losses, the most losses,” said a 52-year-old rifleman known by his call sign Psycho.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Before becoming a politician he left the British Army as a rifleman to earn a living as the owner a jiu-jitsu gym in Swindon.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2024

He came overland from New Mexico with a wagon train expedition called the Rowland Workman party; he was a tailor and a rifleman, both handy skills in the new frontier.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2022

The Marine Corps said that Blowe had been a rifleman and that his awards included a Good Conduct Medal.

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2022

Maybe they’d been scared, like the rifleman and his friend, not wanting to be out in unfamiliar territory with the boy on the loose.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee