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Recent Examples of sidearm
And a sidearm lefty against [Smith] isn’t ideal either.
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Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 2026
Each had a sidearm clasped in both hands.
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Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
Grayson drew his sidearm and yelled at her to drop the pan.
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John O’Connor,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
Stafford then made one of his best throws of the season, a sidearm rope while falling backward to Davante Adams along the sideline.
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Nate Atkins,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 2026
Each had a sidearm clasped in both hands.
—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
Grayson drew his sidearm and yelled at her to drop the pan.
—
John O’Connor,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
Stafford then made one of his best throws of the season, a sidearm rope while falling backward to Davante Adams along the sideline.
—
Nate Atkins,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for sidearm
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sidearm
Noun
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The man initially refused but signed after Pooh Shiesty allegedly pointed an AK-style pistol his head.
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Prosecutors allege the pistol was used in a 2021 Chicago murder and later in the shooting of a rival gang member.
Noun
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Zajko was arrested alongside LaSota and another person and charged with trespassing, resisting or interfering with an arrest, obstruction and carrying a handgun.
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Law enforcement is believed to have drawn earlier clues from security footage capturing a masked man carrying a handgun outside Nancy Guthrie’s house.
Noun
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My dad, a police detective, made sure the Klansman saw his service revolver on his waist.
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Knoxville, who was writing an article that led him to test self-defense equipment by using various weapons on himself, fires a revolver at his own chest from point-blank range while wearing a bulletproof vest.
Noun
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This mysterious derringer pistol has sparked more intrigue than any of his other dangerous finds because people want to know the back story.
Noun
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He has been charged with first-degree murder and felony firearm.
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Law enforcement later searched two locations in connection with the investigation into Hidrogo including a storage facility in Fort Worth where officers found 244 kilograms of meth with a purity level of 100 percent and more firearms.
Noun
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As Rosalind disguised as a boy, Adele wore a bolo tie and a low-slung gun belt with a six-shooter.
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The handgun, which was introduced in 1935 after Prohibition, is a six-shooter revolver that fires rounds at a high velocity.
Noun
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Officials said the gun violence took place from May 2025 to late April 2026 in a swath of the South Bronx.
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The man had a gun and refused to drop it when ordered to by police, the sheriff said.
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“Sidearm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sidearm. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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