water pistol
Example Sentences
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A 13-year-old boy was surrounded by armed police after an officer mistook his water pistol for a real gun.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2023
"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
Kaestel was armed only with a water pistol at the time.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 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
