revolver

Example Sentences

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He was known to both the Secret Service and the Metropolitan Police Department, law enforcement sources told CBS, and used a revolver.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

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

He was dressed differently than the ones around us: instead of a helmet he wore a black-brimmed officer’s hat, and instead of a rifle he carried a holstered revolver.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs