Examples of six-shooter in a Sentence
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Babies are handed six-shooters before the butt slap.
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Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 June 2026
As Rosalind disguised as a boy, Adele wore a bolo tie and a low-slung gun belt with a six-shooter.
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Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
In the latest Texas gold fight, though, six-shooters, stagecoaches and dusty trails have been replaced by legal briefs and courtrooms.
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Paul Flahive,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
After scoring the touchdown, Hill ran up the tunnel just beyond the end zone before returning with finger-six-shooters firing.
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Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
28 Dec. 2025
The handgun, which was introduced in 1935 after Prohibition, is a six-shooter revolver that fires rounds at a high velocity.
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Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
28 Nov. 2025
Its big selling feature is a revolver-like cylinder that spins and snicks along on precision bearings, just like the cylinder of a six-shooter.
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New Atlas,
11 June 2025
Richard’s odds are lousier than Reacher’s were when Beck forced Reacher to play because this revolver is a five-shot model instead of a six-shooter.
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Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2025
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Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 June 2026
As Rosalind disguised as a boy, Adele wore a bolo tie and a low-slung gun belt with a six-shooter.
—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
In the latest Texas gold fight, though, six-shooters, stagecoaches and dusty trails have been replaced by legal briefs and courtrooms.
—
Paul Flahive,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
After scoring the touchdown, Hill ran up the tunnel just beyond the end zone before returning with finger-six-shooters firing.
—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
28 Dec. 2025
The handgun, which was introduced in 1935 after Prohibition, is a six-shooter revolver that fires rounds at a high velocity.
—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
28 Nov. 2025
Its big selling feature is a revolver-like cylinder that spins and snicks along on precision bearings, just like the cylinder of a six-shooter.
—
New Atlas,
11 June 2025
Richard’s odds are lousier than Reacher’s were when Beck forced Reacher to play because this revolver is a five-shot model instead of a six-shooter.
—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Six-shooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/six-shooter. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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