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

At all times this sawed-off, unflamboyant man knew exactly where his affairs were at.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols