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
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Like John Wayne, Clint Eastwood made his mark wielding a six-shooter and wearing a Stetson.
—Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 2 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
Who love the pop-cultured, Hollywood-ed image of the Texas Ranger: The cowboy wearing his Stetson, firing six-shooters at bad guys — usually Native Americans.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 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In the latest Texas gold fight, though, six-shooters, stagecoaches and dusty trails have been replaced by legal briefs and courtrooms.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
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Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2026
Where to watch Django Unchained: Paramount+ The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Like John Wayne, Clint Eastwood made his mark wielding a six-shooter and wearing a Stetson.
—Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 2 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
Who love the pop-cultured, Hollywood-ed image of the Texas Ranger: The cowboy wearing his Stetson, firing six-shooters at bad guys — usually Native Americans.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 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In the latest Texas gold fight, though, six-shooters, stagecoaches and dusty trails have been replaced by legal briefs and courtrooms.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
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“Six-shooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/six-shooter. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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