like a pistol
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I could tell right then she was like a pistol.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
For example, Chong notes that some knives have bent handles that you hold like a pistol so that your middle finger is aligned with your forearm, making it a neutral position.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
Since then there have been some changes such as the use of yellow plastic, but they are still designed with a grip and a trigger much like a pistol.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2021
The filmmakers are reluctant to communicate the exuberance of some first-rate literary work for fear of seeming disrespectful; the result is an agonizingly slow translation of a work that should move like a pistol shot.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2019
Byrnes seemed to think it could be used like a pistol, to scare the Soviets into behaving a certain way.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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