How to Use stun grenade in a Sentence
stun grenade
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Largess also criticized the use of sting ball stun grenades on the crowd.
—Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2026
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Videos showed police using stun grenades to repel the crowds.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 13 June 2024
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Israeli forces responded with live fire, tear gas and stun grenades.
—Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
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Another child picked up a stun grenade that the police had launched and lost a hand.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
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Their largely peaceful protest was met with tear gas and stun grenades from riot police.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 13 Mar. 2023
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Agents then used a stun grenade, and he eventually was pulled out of the residence.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
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There were soldiers who were shooting tear gas and stun grenades and live ammunition.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
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Police used tear gas, water cannon and stun grenades to break up a second night of protests on Wednesday.
—Reuters, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2023
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Images on social media and news outlets showed one man who had been hit by a stun grenade with a mangled ear and blood pouring down his neck.
—Isabel Kershner, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Mar. 2023
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Residents said Israeli forces fired stun grenades and tear gas in an unprovoked attack.
—Toqa Ezzidin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
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Israeli police fired stun grenades in an attempt to disperse the crowd, while some protesters hurled stones at police and set fire to trash bins.
—Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN, 3 Sep. 2023
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When the Waqf failed to persuade the youths to leave, Israeli police broke down the doors and stormed the mosque, firing stun grenades.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Apr. 2023
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Nuñez suspended the use of a type of police stun grenade against the young demonstrators after a 15-year-old lost a hand.
—ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
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Officers surged forward to detain a person, deploying what appeared to be stun grenades.
—CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
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Police threw stun grenades and blasted water cannons at demonstrators and detained 29 of them.
—Orly Halpern / Jerusalem, TIME, 2 Sep. 2024
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In the latest case, a 15-year-old boy lost a hand Monday in an incident involving a police stun grenade.
—Nicolas Garriga, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
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In the former mining town of Lens, a 15-year-old lost a hand in an incident involving a police stun grenade.
—ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
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Unfortunately, the soldiers shut the doors on the students inside and then started to use stun grenades against the adults and villagers, pushing them around.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
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The protest turned violent when a group of young people wearing masks hurled rocks at riot police, who responded with stun grenades, tear gas and a water cannon.
—Reuters, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026
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At yet another university, officers fired stun grenades at students.
—Sameer Yasir, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2024
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Video from the scene showed security inside the site throwing what appeared to be stun grenades at Palestinians waiting for food outside.
—Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN Money, 29 May 2025
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Shaw entered the Capitol despite witnessing police deploying stun grenades and tear gas to keep rioters out.
—Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
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French authorities subsequently suspended the use of the type of stun grenade involved in the incident.
—Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
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On that day, hundreds of peaceful demonstrators found themselves the targets of law enforcement firing stun grenades, gas and rubber bullets into the crowd.
—Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 25 May 2023
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Police were earlier this month accused of excessive force in their response to student protests, after a 15-year-old boy's hand was blown off by a stun grenade.
—Chloe Taylor,jenni Reid, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
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The interior minister suspended the use of a type of police stun grenade against the young demonstrators after a 15-year-old lost a hand.
—ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
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The Israeli received a 20-month prison sentence for hurling a stun grenade into a Palestinian home, the report said.
—Dov Lieber, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
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On Wednesday, police fired rubber bullets and used stun grenades against migrants protesting in Sherwood, who were throwing rocks, sticks and logs at police.
—Arkansas Online, 20 June 2026
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March 1 Police violently cracked down on protesters, using stun grenades and water cannons.
—Joe Snell, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
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Police then relocated the worshippers one more time to a spot near the Old City walls when, moments later, officers threw stun grenades at the group.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
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