like a pistol
Example Sentences
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For example, Chong notes that some knives have bent handles that you hold like a pistol so that your middle finger is aligned with your forearm, making it a neutral position.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
While the shocks were administered, participants were given a friend’s hand, a metal object or a prop that looked and felt like a pistol but had no firing mechanism.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
Since then there have been some changes such as the use of yellow plastic, but they are still designed with a grip and a trigger much like a pistol.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2021
The filmmakers are reluctant to communicate the exuberance of some first-rate literary work for fear of seeming disrespectful; the result is an agonizingly slow translation of a work that should move like a pistol shot.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2019
I got out of bed, put on my slippers, and slid around the perimeter of the room, careful to avoid the floorboard in the middle that cracked like a pistol shot.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
