How to Use nightstick in a Sentence

nightstick

noun

• The cop extends his nightstick & yells at the group to get back.
  — Fernando Ramirez, Houston Chronicle, 10 July 2018
• More than 200 cops wielding nightsticks had to break up the fight.
  — Ed Barkowitz, Philly.com, 31 May 2018
• He’s been known to jab people with his nightstick and push guests.
  — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 28 May 2020
• One of the policemen was beating the man with a nightstick.
  — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
• An officer armed with a nightstick stood under him and whacked him hard on the foot.
  — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2024
• The police walk up, jab Lewis in the stomach with a nightstick, and then knock him down, along with a number of others.
  — Michael Atwood Mason, Smithsonian, 2 Feb. 2017
• Nichols is then pulled up by his shoulders and kicked in the face twice, then later is hit in the back with what appears to be a nightstick.
  — Christina Maxouris, CNN, 28 Jan. 2023
• In the early 1800s, officers blew whistles and rapped their nightsticks to alert people to crimes.
  — Chelsia Rose Marcius, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023
• One man sued the police in 1975, alleging that Barboza split his forehead with a nightstick.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Nov. 2019
• Klan leader Tom Metzger also was knocked to the ground by Oceanside police and had his nose bloodied by a nightstick.
  — sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• Plainclothes security forces, some wielding nightsticks, drag one man off by the hair of his head.
  — Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2019
• There is no better way to clear a corner in a tough neighborhood than the arrival of two highway cops who jump out of an unmarked car with nightsticks.
  — Bonnie L. Cook, Philly.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• Our only request was to kneel and pray, yet we were teargassed, trampled by horses, and beaten with nightsticks.
  — Southern Living, 7 Mar. 1950
• In the melee that followed, one veteran grabbed a policeman’s nightstick.
  — Terence McArdle, Washington Post, 28 July 2017
• The arrests added images of swinging nightsticks and shoving matches with the police to the inaugural events.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, BostonGlobe.com, 7 May 2018
• There were hundreds of police — nightsticks out, helmets on, shields down, carrying zip ties.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 10 May 2024
• The president and his fellow marchers climbed to the part of the bridge where, 58 years ago, peaceful protesters were beaten with nightsticks and tear gassed by a group of white police officers.
  — Katie Rogers, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2023
• In 12 hours of boot-stomps and nightsticks, Madrid did more to legitimize a call for independence than anything the Catalan politicians have done in recent years.
  — Annabelle Timsit, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2017
• One of the male detainees kept through Sunday heard cops at the 20th District station complaining that their nightsticks were being impounded.
  — Leor Galil, Chicago Reader, 23 Feb. 2018
• In one cartoon image, a stick figure wearing riot gear uses a nightstick to beat another stick figure on the ground.
  — Eric Heisig, cleveland, 18 June 2020
• TV journalist, shows officers using nightsticks and a hatchet to break the van’s windows and then deploying a high-power stream of water from the fire hose.
  — Joshua Sudock, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2017
• The injured officer struck the driver's side window with his baton, or nightstick, in order to stop Rizzo, according to the report.
  — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 7 June 2017
• The officers retreated inside and stormed out again, moments later, a few using elbows and nightsticks to ring the pole where the California flag flew.
  — Johnny Miller, SFChronicle.com, 12 July 2018
• With ratings like that, DeWalt wisely equipped the tool with an electronic clutch to prevent kickback and motor burnout, and an auxiliary handle with the stoutness of a nightstick.
  — Popular Mechanics, 14 June 2019
• He was also accused of stabbing the boy with a knife, hitting him with a nightstick and slamming his head into a vehicle.
  — Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 20 Jan. 2026
• No shots were fired, but many were struck with nightsticks and rifle butts, and about 250 were arrested.
  — Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025
• Her eyes are big and sad, and her index finger touches the tip of the nightstick hanging from the policeman’s belt.
  — Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
• Also called a nightstick, the baton is essentially a club with a handle, often used for crowd control.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 10 June 2025
• This, in turn, provoked police to wade into the crowd, beating people with nightsticks.
  — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 10 June 2025
• No shots were fired, but many were struck with nightsticks and rifle butts, and about 250 were arrested.
  — Mark Jones, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2024