shotgun
Example Sentences
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They are dressed as their favourite characters, with Conroy carrying an enormous replica shotgun, while his helmet was dumped on the floor nearby.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
He eventually found 7 ½ West End Court in Long Branch, New Jersey, a twenty-five-foot-wide shotgun shack that sat a few blocks away from the beach.
From Salon • Mar. 4, 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
There is also a blunderbuss, a precursor to the shotgun, owned by Capt. Michael McClary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
Every afternoon he could be seen returning on horseback, with his hunting dogs and his double-barreled shotgun and a string of rabbits hanging from his saddle.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
