Examples of pistol in a Sentence

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Recent Examples on the Web Keeton grabbed a small black pellet pistol, similar to a BB gun. — Washington Post, 11 May 2022 This included $50 for a non-working firearm or part and $150 for a working pistol, rifle or shotgun. — Marissa Evansstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2022 Avayev was found inside his multi-million dollar Moscow apartment holding a pistol, which was presumably used to kill his wife and 13-year old daughter. — Andrew Marquardt, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2022 The ship’s captain, who is responsible for this reckless speed, ultimately kills himself with a pistol—one of the ways in which the Titanic’s captain, Edward. — Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2022 In Marisol - Stop Motion, the artist is in her studio interacting with her work, including John Wayne (1963), a witty sculpture of the iconic Western actor straddling a red horse while wielding a pistol, which appears later on in the PAMM show. — Grace Edquist, Vogue, 14 Apr. 2022 Besides those who were struck by the 33 bullets wildly fired from the Glock pistol, which is registered to James, over a dozen other people were injured in the mayhem. — Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, 14 Apr. 2022 While searching Caserta's apartment and car, FBI agents also seized an AR-15 rifle, an AR-15 pistol, two other pistols and a bin filled with a shovel, 9-inch saw, machete, knives and other materials. — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 30 Mar. 2022 Inside the residence, Althaus ran past his ex-girlfriend and toward a male guest in the living room and began hitting him repeatedly with his pistol, creating a deep cut in the victim's head. — Brock Blasdell, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2022 See More

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