sawed-off
Example Sentences
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To disguise the swelling caused by hours of handshaking, Volk suggested Lincoln grasp a sawed-off broomstick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Conservationists also debate what to do with the sawed-off rhino horns.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2025
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Texas, challenges the move to treat the guns like short-barreled rifles, a weapon like a sawed-off shotgun that has been heavily regulated since the 1930s.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
“In the days of Al Capone, Congress said back then that short-barreled rifles and sawed-off shotguns should be subjected to greater legal requirements than most other guns,” the director of the A.T.F.,
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2023
In the beginning I used a sawed-off broomstick with an old tennis ball stuck on one end.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
