How to Use bullet in a Sentence

bullet

noun
  • The quarterback threw a bullet to the receiver.
  • Bullets were used to separate each item.
  • He was killed by an assassin's bullet.
  • One bullet pierced the back of the SUV and struck Pacheco.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2022
  • The impact of the bullet caused Burton to fall to the floor.
    Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Deputies found a bullet hole near the trunk of his car.
    David Harris, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2023
  • One child in the school was shot when a bullet pierced the wall of the classroom.
    Helen Kwong, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2022
  • So what’s the moral of the story? MF: Bite the bullet, just do it.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The bullet had sliced through the webbing next to his thumb.
    John Diedrich, Journal Sentinel, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Sadot said any bullet would need to be matched to the barrel of the gun.
    Josef Federman, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2022
  • Jenkins Smith dropped to the tile floor, struck by a bullet in the chest.
    Timothy Bella, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2022
  • One of the pilots is killed, while the other takes a bullet to the chest.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The man was struck by a rubber bullet and fell to the ground, but did not drop the firearm.
    Alejandra Reyes-Velardestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2022
  • The bullet was later found in the man’s rear bike tire.
    Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Simmons said the bullet fired at Clark may have struck the hostage.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 8 May 2023
  • The young Latino man was killed by a single bullet to the back of the head.
    Laurence Du Sault, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2022
  • He had been hit by four bullets, two of them to his chest.
    Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
  • Draw it on straight from the bullet, down the nose, across cheekbones, and along the jawline.
    Liana Schaffner, Allure, 21 Sep. 2023
  • When the man shot himself, the bullet struck his foot, Cox said.
    Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 27 May 2025
  • The bullet sliced through his car, which was not armored.
    Arturo Torres, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The bullet passed through the wall of the dining room, and ended up in the bedroom on the other side of the wall.
    David Schutz, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
  • Yeka, 13, sees her best friend killed by a stray bullet.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 21 Mar. 2022
  • One bullet struck a man named Hai Nam Vu in the shoulder.
    Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The bullet passed through her and struck Souza, wounding him.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 20 May 2025
  • One bullet pierced Bartek’s chest through his right side and killed him.
    Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 28 July 2022
  • Not a single ounce of coal was left, so, dodged a bullet there.
    Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Worst, there's no sign of her, only a blood stain and a bullet hole.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Some bullets struck the car, but one crossed the street and went into a business.
    Rhiannon Saegert, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The bullets went around his protective vest, striking him once in his left chest area and once on his left side.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The bullet struck Yarely Ashley Hermosillo, 27, whose family rushed her to a hospital where she was later pronounced dead, Hoskin said.
    Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025

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