shotgun
Example Sentences
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After the panicky Ray-Ray passes his guitar case to Sonny, out tumbles . . . a guitar, not the shotgun Sonny expected.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
"BASC does not support proposals that would fundamentally change the shotgun licensing system without clear evidence that they would improve public safety," it added.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
“Corporal Jarvis’ deployment of the less-lethal bean bag shotgun at that distance was in accordance with his training and reasonable under the circumstances,” the report states.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
Authorities claim Martin was carrying a shotgun and a gas can when they encountered him early Sunday.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026
You couldn’t have rousted Ajax, Father’s prize bird dog, with a shotgun let off a foot in front of his muzzle.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
