How to Use ammunition in a Sentence

ammunition

noun

• The troops were supplied with weapons and ammunition.
• If passed, the bill would impose a use and sales tax on the retail sale of ammunition.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2024
• Even if the box of ammunition is not full, the bullets must be in their original case.
  — Daily Times, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
• The team was also out of ammunition, except for a dozen hand grenades.
  — Matt Seyler, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2023
• More weapons and ammunition were found in his car, the official said.
  — Char Adams, NBC News, 7 May 2023
• Ukrainian trucks would arrive at the airport to pick up the ammunition.
  — Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
• The slow pace needed a jolt and ammunition to sustain it in the long term, say military experts.
  — Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2023
• She’s accused of failing to secure a gun and ammunition at home and failing to get help for her son’s mental health.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
• Kyiv’s soldiers on the front lines are in pressing need of ammunition to fend off Russia’s latest salvos.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
• There was also a Glock 17 handgun with 14 rounds of ammunition.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2023
• The gates of his home still bear the holes from exploded ammunition that serve as a reminder of when Russian forces tried to seize the Ukrainian capital.
  — Hanna Arhirova, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2023
• Troops are beset by shortages in soldiers and ammunition, as well as doubts about the supply of Western aid.
  — Samya Kullab and Illia Novikov, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2024
• Moscow has turned to North Korea and Iran for help bolstering its stocks of ammunition and drones.
  — Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2024
• Police said Pablo was found in an apartment that also had a handgun, a rifle and more than 100 rounds of ammunition.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
• State law bans the possession of assault weapons and magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
  — Kara Scannell, CNN, 11 May 2023
• The judge’s ruling prompted a surge in ammunition purchases in the state, as gun owners sought to take advantage of it.
  — Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 7 Feb. 2024
• While the three cases became ammunition in the players’ legal battles with the N.F.L., Kapp’s was the most curious.
  — Ken Belson, New York Times, 12 May 2023
• They were struck by a live round of ammunition fired from a prop gun held by Baldwin while rehearsing a scene, officials have said.
  — Jamiel Lynch, CNN, 16 Aug. 2023
• This schism will lend ammunition to the charge that Schiff is less progressive than his opponents.
  — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
• Guns and ammunition seized by U.S. law enforcement at the border.
  — E.d. Cauchi, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2023
• According to the text in the Sheriff’s Department video, the rifle, ammunition and two knives were found on Sandoval.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2023
• According to a recent report in the Washington Post, troops on the front line are running out of ammunition.
  — William A. Galston, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2024
• The war ended in a cease-fire, and both Koreas have maintained a stockpile of ammunition and weapons in case conflict resumes.
  — Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
• To back Ukraine on the battlefield, for instance, E.U. countries pledged in the spring to deliver 1 million rounds of ammunition within a year.
  — Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
• The West has not kept pace with Russia’s ammunition production.
  — Dara Massicot, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2024
• The Pentagon will also send artillery shells and three million rounds of small-arms ammunition.
  — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
• Police said a gun was found near where officers confronted the man, and that the man was wearing a fanny pack that contained ammunition.
  — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2024
• It was unloaded in a case, and the ammunition was hidden in another drawer.
  — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2024
• The supplies race Russia and Ukraine are locked in a race to resupply its war resources – not just in terms of soldiers, but also ammunition and missiles.
  — Tara Sonenshine, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2024
• The debate over Ukraine aid comes as a $60 billion U.S. assistance package is stalled in Congress, causing weapons and ammunition shortages on the front lines.
  — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024