water gun

Example Sentences

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Several hundred students were at the park having a water gun fight — an annual tradition of sorts for high school seniors in the area, police said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2024

The 69-year-old general went on the offensive soon after, taking aim at partygoers from close range with a fluorescent pump-action water gun.

From Reuters • Apr. 14, 2023

A video uploaded on 10 April shows a man in red firing a water gun at two policemen and reporters of TVB, which many consider pro-government.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2023

Sporting khakis and his trademark Ray-Ban sunglasses, Biden would inevitably end up holding a huge water gun, rounding up the delighted kids and soaking their parents.

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2021

“I should tell you that while you were dreaming, a boy shot piss out of a water gun on my hair.”

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini