gunner

Example Sentences

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"The others had half wings – one was an observer and the other a rear gunner."

From BBC • May 5, 2025

She had already begun a budding romance with Ron, an RAF gunner, but believed she had been rejected when his letters went unanswered.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2024

Valery Shyrokov, 47, an infantryman and mortar gunner who volunteered in 2022 and served, among other places, in the bloody battle for Bakhmut, uses the word “disappointed,” but his manner suggests something far stronger.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2024

The gunner survived and is now recovering, Lawyer said a few days later.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

As Samir crawled over to check my knee, I said, “That’s the Mongol gunner, right?”

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri