1
2
as in gun
Related Words
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 gunner
Minor’s primary role could come on special teams, where the Patriots are still trying to identify a gunner to play opposite Brenden Schooler on the punt team.
—
Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Some French gunner, now long dead, had lifted it from a crate, shoved it into the breech of a cannon and fired it during that horrible year of 1916.
—Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
The 2016 book tells the incredible true story of Arthur Meyerowitz, an American turret-gunner whose B-24 bomber was shot down over Vichy France in 1943.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Dave Toub, the respected special teams coordinator, said Thornton is the team’s best gunner, a position that lines up on the outside and is tasked with taking down the returner.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gunner
Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Some French gunner, now long dead, had lifted it from a crate, shoved it into the breech of a cannon and fired it during that horrible year of 1916.
—Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
The 2016 book tells the incredible true story of Arthur Meyerowitz, an American turret-gunner whose B-24 bomber was shot down over Vichy France in 1943.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Dave Toub, the respected special teams coordinator, said Thornton is the team’s best gunner, a position that lines up on the outside and is tasked with taking down the returner.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gunner
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gunner
Noun
-
Standing tall in individual cases are a kneeling archer, a standing archer, an armored warrior, a high-ranking officer and a young attendant.—
Penny E Schwartz,
Oc Register,
20 Sep. 2025
-
The archers were amazed at how strong the bow was for its size.—
Clare Conley,
Outdoor Life,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
The statistics don’t indicate what kind of criminal charge each agency has filed with the DOJ – meaning that referrals from arrests made by ATF agents working immigration raids or city patrols, rather than gun cases, could be included in the data, TRAC said.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
-
At a news conference, police showed a video in which two people can be seen leaving a restaurant on Fountain Square Oct 13 and firing a gun at a restaurant, injuring two people.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
There’s two other, much briefer windows of hunting dates to know, specifically for young sportsmen.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
17 Oct. 2025
-
For any sportsman living in the Eastern half of the nation, one of the great things about a hunt in the West, in my opinion, is the chance to sample the matchless friendliness and hospital ity of the people there.—
Robert Merchant,
Outdoor Life,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
In August, a gunman fired more than 500 rounds at buildings on the agency’s primary Atlanta campus, killing a police officer.—
Nathaniel Weixel,
The Hill,
14 Oct. 2025
-
Eleven Wisconsin lawmakers were named in a manifesto written by a gunman suspected of killing a Democratic Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and shooting another lawmaker and his wife in June.—
Jessie Opoien,
jsonline.com,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
Fall boating can mean peaceful days on Arkansas' large reservoirs while many hunters begin to hit the woods instead of the water.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
-
These can vary in cost and length of validity by the species being hunted, age of the hunter and residency.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
Dave Brubeck, already an accomplished jazz pianist, serving in a military band at a Riverside, California, base, was reassigned, trained, then shipped overseas as a replacement infantry rifleman.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
-
Those services can include playing taps and providing riflemen.—
Jordan Rusche,
Twin Cities,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
Ephesus also includes the remains of the Temple of Artemis (or Diana) a huntress and goddess of fertility.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
-
Located in a panoramic point of Villa d’Este, the Grotto of Diana, the goddess huntress symbolizing virtue, is a cruciform plan nymphaeum located in the Cardinal’s Walk and was built between 1570 and 1572 by Paolo Calandrino.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
16 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Gunner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gunner. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share