buckshot

Example Sentences

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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

“There is no silver bullet, there is, you know, golden buckshot, because it’s going to take a lot of different kinds of policies to win this battle,” Inslee said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2018

“There’s silver buckshot: many actions in many domains.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2018

Every once in a while there would be a small flare up when a buckshot pellet released from the ever-shrinking creature fell into the fire.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2018

But what he heard now was something else—it was real—and it sent icy buckshot through his body.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli