revolver

Example Sentences

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Like Chekhov’s revolver, he’s a harbinger of bad things happening to humans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 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

And then as mysteriously as he appears, Atzerodt leaves and pawns his revolver for ten dollars at a nearby store.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly