Example Sentences

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The pistol grip is useful, she said, because it allows officers to retain a Taser in their hand if someone tries to disarm them.

From Fox News • Dec. 9, 2021

The product description for that tactical pistol grip illustrates one common way sellers are able to skirt EBay’s prohibitions.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2019

It’s got a long barrel, a pistol grip, an aluminum stock, vented “rails” along the barrel and the kind of scope used in the review of the Scorpio by Tactical Life.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2019

Viewers in a handful of specially equipped theaters used a pistol grip attached to each seat to collectively vote on dozens of scene variations.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2018

I held the pistol grip firmly for a few seconds, first in my right hand, then my left.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline