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

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

Jurors also heard from the officers who handled the case, from the man who found the gun and from the store clerk who sold Hunter the revolver.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024

The officer handed him the gun: a cavalry revolver, Colt.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara