water pistol
Example Sentences
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When the boy's mother appeared and explained he had been playing with a toy water pistol, he was de-arrested and his handcuffs removed, the watchdog said.
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2024
Surprisingly, one of the most violent-appearing images depicts water pistol games at a Pride Parade.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2022
"I feel like it's a raging fire," she told the board, "and I've got a water pistol."
From Salon • Aug. 11, 2022
Kayoko Takahashi, 53, aimed her toy water pistol at a group of people partaking in a ceremonial carrying of the Olympic torch.
From Fox News • Jul. 9, 2021
Zooey was now gazing abstractedly at an old root-beer stain on the ceiling plaster, which he himself had made nineteen or twenty years earlier, with a water pistol.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
