Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flintlocks
Noun
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Then the French started to standardize their muskets.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026 -
When tension broke, one side was equipped with steel swords, muskets, and gunpowder.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Current owners can keep their firearms and sell them to dealers.—
Cindy Camp,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Feb. 2026
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Senate Bill 4 would build off Colorado’s 2019 extreme risk protection orders law, which allows family members, law enforcement, health care professionals and educators to petition the courts to require people to surrender their firearms temporarily.—
The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The company also argues that accidental firings happen with all manufacturers’ pistols.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
3 Feb. 2026
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Sometimes the last thing a bodice-ripper needs is a reminder that the characters onscreen think leeching is a helpful medical treatment or that disagreements can only be handled with dueling pistols.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
2 Feb. 2026
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“Flintlocks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flintlocks. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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