buckshot
Example Sentences
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"We now can establish that a pellet that came from the buckshot from the defendant's Mossberg pump-action shotgun was intertwined with the fiber of the vest of the Secret Service officer," Pirro said.
From Barron's ● May 3, 2026
It's more like buckshot — a "constellation of mutually supporting factors," as he calls them, that contribute to overall wellness.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2023
In Magee’s composition, Shiffler even gestures to the bleeding wound in his side, which looks more like the piercing of a Roman spear than the crater from a blast of buckshot.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2021
They scattered like buckshot, turning the well-trodden grass and dirt paths into a highway.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2021
“I looked that rabbit over good, Marty, and you won’t find any buckshot in that thigh,” Dad says, buttering his bread.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
