Examples of tommy-gun in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun On the back of the bottle was a ghost engraving: the original G-man in a fedora, toting a tommy gun. — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2022 The image of a mask-wearing authoritarian pointing a tommy gun at first looks like irresistible kitsch but now seems disturbingly accurate for the COVID apocalypse. — Armond White, National Review, 20 Aug. 2021 In the 1930s, the fee doubled the cost of a new tommy gun. — Adam Weinstein, The New Republic, 20 Apr. 2020 The decade was also rife with poisonous bathtub gin, murderous Mafia dons, and the merciless rat-a-tat of tommy guns, as well as myriad political and cultural struggles simmering beneath the surface. — Kim Kelly, Teen Vogue, 17 Jan. 2020 The first patrolman on scene, John Ferry, was firing shotgun rounds at the second-story window when backup arrived with tommy guns, revolvers and tear gas. — David M. Zimmer, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2019

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