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

Then, the resolution and main character’s development hangs like a mostly sawed-off limb, as if Garland forgot about the woman at the center of “Men.”

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2022

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