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

She also had a stuffed kitten named John Grady Cole, the hero’s name in McCarthy’s “The Border Trilogy,” which follows three runaways who have a stolen Colt revolver.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024

The reason law enforcement raised any questions about the revolver is because Hallie Biden, Beau’s widow, found it unloaded in Hunter’s truck on Oct.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024

"I hope you will understand, Miss Claythorne, that we can make no exceptions. That revolver must be found. You have, I presume, a bathing dress with you?"

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie