musket

Example Sentences

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The couple are seen side by side in period costume, as Anna hands John a cartridge to reload his musket.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

I would not have walked into a coffee shop with an AR-15 and expected the reactions I got for walking in with a musket, for one thing.

From Slate • May 8, 2024

For decades speculation has been rife about whether the pillars do actually bear the scars of the musket balls from nearly two hundred years ago.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2023

Would there be any musket balls, messages from students, or clues to historical mysteries?

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2023

The musket shot sounded like an explosion as it was fired at the alligator.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper