How to Use pull the trigger in a Sentence

pull the trigger

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• But what to buy, how much to spend and when to pull the trigger are questions without easy answers.
  — James Loffler, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
• Now may be the moment to finally pull the trigger on a purchase.
  — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 10 July 2026
• Foster-Todd took about 10 steps back before pulling the trigger, shooting the dog in the head.
  — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 22 July 2026
• Jones' defense attorneys argued there was a struggle for the weapon and said Marcelle may have pulled the trigger.
  — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 30 June 2026
• Juliette is making the powers that be very nervous, almost forcing them to pull the trigger on the Safeguard.
  — Noel Murray, Vulture, 17 July 2026
• Once she was seated, Popham propped Bunyard's pump shotgun under Elaine's chin and pulled the trigger.
  — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026
• Public defenders representing Jones argued there was a struggle for the weapon and said Marcelle may have pulled the trigger.
  — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 29 June 2026
• Smith revealed that Bristol management actually approached him before pulling the trigger on Clark.
  — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
• Jon Moxley argued with a conflicted Will Ospreay as Ospreay struggled to find a killer instinct and pull the trigger on his ailing friend.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
• The woman who pulled the trigger is claiming self-defense, according to the Broward County Sheriff's Office, which is investigating the shooting.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 2 July 2026
• The Jets dabbled with the likes of Russell Wilson, Carson Wentz and others, but never actually pulled the trigger on any of them (and talk of them reportedly offering Wilson a contract was overblown, by the way).
  — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 16 July 2026
• No one was ever charged with pulling the trigger, but three other men, Paul McIntyre, 58, Peter Cavanagh, 37, and Jordan Gareth Devine, 25, were charged with murder as accomplices for encouraging or assisting the shooter.
  — ABC News, 3 July 2026