gunslinger

Example Sentences

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Oil boss Scott Sheffield has a new job: activist gunslinger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

This will not become a geezer gunslinger movie à la Liam Neeson.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025

Set in 1872, Forsaken, focuses on embittered gunslinger John Henry Clayton's return to his hometown and his attempts to build bridges with his estranged father.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2024

But sometimes that confidence — that ol’ gunslinger bravado — gets him in trouble.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 23, 2023

With his long raincoat with the popped-up collar and the .45 in his wide leather belt, he looked like an old-timey gunslinger.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline