variants
or .45
as in revolver
Related Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of forty-five
When the battery’s completely flat, this increases to two hours and forty-five minutes.
—
Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Catwoman robbed a few banks, but her biggest crimes were falling in love with a man with a fatal allergy to commitment, and being forty-five.
—Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
But war crimes prosecutors and journalists found that of forty-five Serbs who died in Kravica, thirty-five were soldiers, including five who were killed after being taken prisoner.
—David Rohde, NBC news, 21 July 2025
There’s no bad time to visit here, located forty-five minutes north of Chicago, but the most charming season is autumn.
—Outside Online, 28 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for forty-five
Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Catwoman robbed a few banks, but her biggest crimes were falling in love with a man with a fatal allergy to commitment, and being forty-five.
—Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
But war crimes prosecutors and journalists found that of forty-five Serbs who died in Kravica, thirty-five were soldiers, including five who were killed after being taken prisoner.
—David Rohde, NBC news, 21 July 2025
There’s no bad time to visit here, located forty-five minutes north of Chicago, but the most charming season is autumn.
—Outside Online, 28 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for forty-five
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forty-five
Noun
-
Along Foreman’s flight path, police found a revolver and a semi-automatic pistol, both of which were used to fire at the victims.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
20 Aug. 2025
-
Hard work could never compete with a steam engine in pulling a train; decades of training in swordsmanship could never compete with a revolver.—
Radu Magdin,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
-
As the boys ran away down the street, the man raised the pistol again and fired at them, striking Guzman in the back.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
-
Then almost a month later, on Wednesday, a search warrant was served at the residence, with officials recovering a stun gun, replica pistol, drugs and drug paraphernalia, the district attorney's office said.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
The handgun was recovered, and the student was taken into custody.—
Christina Coulter,
People.com,
28 Aug. 2025
-
Officers recovered three guns -- one rifle, one shotgun and one handgun -- at the scene, all of which are believed to have been fired in the attack, police said.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
-
One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head and squeezed the trigger.—
Brian Matthew Jordan,
National Review,
14 Apr. 2024
-
In 1976, after wrecking his Rolls-Royce in a drunk-driving accident, he was arrested, intoxicated, with a loaded derringer on the grounds of Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate.—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2022
Noun
-
The search turned up additional drugs, drug paraphernalia, and a zip gun.—
cleveland,
cleveland,
27 Jan. 2022
Noun
-
While playing theatres across the country, Carson had worked with a young trumpeter named Doc Severinsen, who had been hired as an NBC studio musician at twenty-two and played lead in Henderson’s orchestra when Allen’s show first aired.—
Chris Almeida,
New Yorker,
31 Aug. 2025
-
Trey and Moshe were twenty-four and had a full ride to Meharry; Mack was twenty-two and driving trucks.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
-
There were four Elvises—two in fading black and white, two in lurid colour—all aiming a six-gun straight at her.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
30 Aug. 2023
Noun
-
Its big selling feature is a revolver-like cylinder that spins and snicks along on precision bearings, just like the cylinder of a six-shooter.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 June 2025
-
Richard’s odds are lousier than Reacher’s were when Beck forced Reacher to play because this revolver is a five-shot model instead of a six-shooter.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Forty-five.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forty-five. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share