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

He told police that Quintero was carrying a .357 revolver and a taser.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

He is accused of knowingly lying on federal paperwork when he purchased the revolver and ammunition from a gun shop in Wilmington, Delaware, on 12 October 2018.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2024

"Yes. I want to know why you brought a revolver down here on a pleasant social visit?"

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie