How to Use semiautomatic in a Sentence

semiautomatic

adjective

• Tucked inside the green bag next to the singer was a .45-caliber semiautomatic handgun, which added to the charges against him.
  — Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2023
• Many of the men carry M-1s, the semiautomatic carbines that were a staple in the war.
  — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 28 May 2021
• Four masked men armed with semiautomatic weapons leaped out of a blue van that had been pre-positioned on the left side of the road.
  — Tom Sancton, Town & Country, 31 Mar. 2022
• The judge said there was enough evidence for Rocky to face the two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
  — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 Nov. 2023
• When the man refused to give up the dogs, screaming out for help and wrestling to keep the dogs, a man pulls a semiautomatic handgun and opens fire at him.
  — Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2021
• The suspect then stepped out of the truck with a semiautomatic shotgun in hand and ran after Beesley.
  — Katie Shepherd, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2021
• The gunman was armed with a semiautomatic handgun, one of the weapons that he was legally allowed to own.
  — Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2023
• Thom then pulled out a 9mm Glock semiautomatic firearm as Ah Nee tried to open the front passenger’s door — but it was locked.
  — Washington Post, 16 June 2021
• He is charged with two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
  — Jonathan Abrams, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
• The dog walker tried to fight them off and was shot by one of the men wielding a semiautomatic handgun during the struggle.
  — Stefani Dazio, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Feb. 2021
• Rocky is facing a pair of felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2025
• As the outdoor concert was about to end about 3:45 p.m., the suspect fired his semiautomatic weapon.
  — Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2020
• The shooter, Nikolas Cruz, was 19 at the time and used a semiautomatic rifle.
  — Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2025
• The shooter, Nikolas Cruz, was 19 at the time and used a semiautomatic rifle.
  — News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2025
• Varela told police that Vitela and Higgins were in the Charger and shot at the man with semiautomatic rifles, court records state.
  — Perry Vandell, azcentral, 4 June 2019
• And just like the Texas shooter, he was armed with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle.
  — Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 27 May 2022
• Nikolas Cruz, who was 19 at the time, used a semiautomatic rifle to gun down the victims at his former school.
  — Dara Kam, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2025
• This was in exchange for pleading guilty to one count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
  — Driadonna Roland, refinery29.com, 19 Feb. 2025
• In February, he was shot in the head with a semiautomatic pistol and buried in a desolate stretch of desert.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2021
• Many in the crowd carried semiautomatic weapons, leading some Democrats in the Legislature to call for a ban on guns in the Capitol.
  — Kathleen Gray, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2020
• At the national level, the House passed a bill last week to raise the minimum age to buy semiautomatic rifles to 21.
  — Paul Best, Fox News, 15 June 2022
• The bill would ban the sales of some semiautomatic firearms and ban the possession of magazines with more than 12 rounds and some firearm accessories.
  — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2020
• He is charged with one count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm in that incident.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
• The school staff did not search the 15-year-old’s backpack, where a semiautomatic handgun was stashed at one point, officials say.
  — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2021
• In August 2022, Rocky pleaded not guilty to two charges of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
  — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 12 Sep. 2023
• The 9mm semiautomatic handgun, which belonged to the girl’s mother, was inside the girl’s bag and was loaded with four rounds, reports say.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 28 Sep. 2022
• The same plaintiff later claimed the right to possess a semiautomatic weapon, but lost by a 2-1 vote in the D.C. Circuit, Walker noted.
  — David G. Savage, latimes.com, 28 June 2018
• Witnesses have told reporters the younger Gray slipped out of math class and returned with a semiautomatic weapon.
  — Melissa Cruz, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2024
• The home also was stocked with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle and cash.
  — chicagotribune.com, 11 Nov. 2019
• The survivors of the shooting have filed multiple civil suits related to the shooting, including one against the maker of the semiautomatic rifle that Crimo used.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025