How to Use ammo in a Sentence

ammo

noun

• The soldiers ran out of ammo.
• And that’s the kind of play that gives Kitchens’ critics more ammo.
  — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2019
• McGinnis said this meant the Glock with the ammo weighed over twice as much as the Taser.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 16 Dec. 2021
• The aim is for the new ammo to be 20 percent less than an equal brass case weight.
  — Allison Barrie, Fox News, 19 July 2018
• Need more emotional ammo to pull the brakes and make the break take?
  — Author: Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 9 June 2018
• The fourth quarter was a shootout until the Nets ran out of ammo.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2025
• Tear gas started a fire, and the fire blew up some of the thousands of rounds of ammo the SLA had cached in the house.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
• First being not to have real ammo on the set, or on the truck.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 23 Oct. 2021
• Two picks would give them more ammo in the honeypot of the draft.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2022
• As long as there is current, the weapon will not run out of ammo.
  — Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American, 19 July 2010
• There’s even a braai kit with the MadKon ammo box grill.
  — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 25 Nov. 2020
• An ammo clip for the rifle skittered across the floor, a kid told me.
  — Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 20 May 2018
• The gas stations sell live bait, and the hardware stores sell ammo.
  — Max B. Sawicky, The New Republic, 30 Aug. 2021
• And this is a bizarre time to remove ammo the Fed is using to fight the crisis.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 20 Nov. 2020
• Not all shootings are such a boon for gun and ammo stocks.
  — Nicolás Rivero, Quartz, 25 May 2022
• True strength doesn’t need to drape itself in long guns and ammo belts.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
• Joel shoots his revolver at one of the Clickers but runs out of ammo and has to reload.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023
• Inside an air shaft, in the area that leads to the slide, there are eight Nerf guns with 1,000 rounds of Nerf gun ammo.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023
• Made trip from Utah beach to Brittany with load of ammo.
  — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 28 May 2018
• Save your ammo; there are a couple bowls … or 35 … still to be played.
  — Cameron Dasilva, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 19 Dec. 2019
• What’s a couple more bucks on top of the ammo and NRA dues to ease your troubled mind?
  — Elliott Woods, The New Republic, 16 Apr. 2018
• There’s no need for live ammo or even blanks onset in this day and age.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 22 Oct. 2021
• The last bit of the game is more all-out action mechs, hordes of enemies and loads of ammo.
  — Washington Post, 10 May 2021
• The system can load a fresh ammo pack in just six seconds.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 Feb. 2018
• But at least some U.S.-made ammo is heading out of the country.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2021
• Your ammo is almost, but not quite, right for your gun.
  — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 24 Sep. 2020
• Many of the rebels were in their 60s and 70s, with deep creases etched into their brows and ammo belts wrapped around their waist.
  — New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022
• Four of the first 35 picks and a mish-mash of prospects gives them some interesting ammo.
  — Matt Dollinger, SI.com, 21 June 2017
• It has never been made clear how live ammo made it onto the set.
  — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2024
• Marines themselves carried about 60 rounds of ammo with them, Schmitt said.
  — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025