Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gunshots
Noun
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Thoughts rush at Cassidy like missiles.—
Joyce Carol Oates,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025 -
The project’s goal was to eventually cover an area of 52,000 square miles (about 135,000 square kilometers) — around the size of Alabama — with the ability to deploy some 600 missiles.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Watch your step for banana slugs.—
Daniel Bromfield,
The Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2025
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Watch your step for banana slugs.—
Daniel Bromfield,
The Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Following the dismissal, Morrissey argued that the judge had been misled by the defense, and that the bullets were irrelevant to the case.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
24 Dec. 2024
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Homages to the Bethesda games’ slow-motion kills are aplenty, with gratuitous shots of bullets tearing through bodies and painting the walls red.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
24 Dec. 2024
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“Gunshots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gunshots. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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