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

“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 15-year process of clearing out the chaos, I have been stabbed with blackberries, infected with poison oak, stung with nettle and injured by sawed-off limbs.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2022

I glanced down at that sawed-off piece of wood resting on top of a metal frame with skate wheels up front.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia