revolver

Example Sentences

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The shots Gogarty fired from a revolver above the sleeping Joyce’s head sounded the prelude to Joyce’s exile.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Pusser indeed owned a lot of guns, including a .30 carbine caliber revolver that Mike Elam managed to procure over the course of his investigation.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2025

McCarthy, she said, wanted to know why she was wearing a holster with a Colt revolver in it.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024

Hallie Biden, who is also the widow of the defendant's late brother, said she discovered the revolver amid piles of clothes and litter in the console of Hunter Biden's truck.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2024

Grandpa usually kept his own revolver under the counter, a Smith and Wesson, but had taken it home for cleaning.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns