gunslinger

Example Sentences

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Julie is intended as a fairly good-natured, warmly attractive and decidedly incongruous gunslinger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

But like a retired gunslinger in a western movie, circumstances will not let him rest.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 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

Imagine: a sprawling, expensive adaptation of a beloved videogame franchise that features an unlikely duo — a nihilistic old gunslinger with a tortured past and a tough young woman whose mission overlaps with his.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2024

But he was too much of a gunslinger for that.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell