shotgun
Example Sentences
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After the panicky Ray-Ray passes his guitar case to Sonny, out tumbles . . . a guitar, not the shotgun Sonny expected.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
He eventually found 7 ½ West End Court in Long Branch, New Jersey, a twenty-five-foot-wide shotgun shack that sat a few blocks away from the beach.
From Salon • Mar. 4, 2026
“Corporal Jarvis’ deployment of the less-lethal bean bag shotgun at that distance was in accordance with his training and reasonable under the circumstances,” the report states.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
"The only words that we said to him was 'drop the items' which means the gas can and the shotgun," Bradshaw told a news conference.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026
At eight years old, Kermit learned to shoot using the same pinfire shotgun that had been his father’s.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
