How to Use pepper spray in a Sentence

pepper spray

noun

• The police used pepper spray to bring the suspect under control.
• The pepper spray residue irritated the eyes of all four of the children.
  — cleveland, 11 Mar. 2022
• Among them: rounds filled with pepper spray and sponge rounds.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2023
• He was taken to a hospital because of the stun gun and the pepper spray.
  — Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2022
• The deputy had her pepper spray, Taser and weapon on her as Ruffin escaped and was able to fire three shots at him.
  — Katherine Itoh, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2024
• After the tussle, pepper spray, and more threats of tasing, Nichols got away.
  — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2023
• Chrustic, who was carrying pepper spray, says that the police told her again on the phone to keep the man in her view.
  — Curbed, 27 Oct. 2022
• At one point, she got caught in the middle of a clash between inmates and jailers and wound up caught in a cell filled with pepper spray.
  — Amy Yurkanin | [e-mail], al, 4 Aug. 2023
• Police used pepper spray and sticks to disperse crowds.
  — Chao Deng, WSJ, 27 July 2022
• In all, officers hit Nichols with pepper spray, a Taser, a baton as well as punches and kicks.
  — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2023
• In the unlikely event of an attack, fight back with rocks, sticks, bear or pepper spray, tools or any items available.
  — Austindedios, oregonlive, 17 July 2023
• The dog kept following him, but Barnes used his pepper spray during the dog's second and third approach.
  — Fox News, 22 June 2022
• Lubit elaborated that Lewis sleeps with a gun, a knife, and pepper spray on her night stand.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 2 Aug. 2022
• The officers tried to speak with Wang, who was barricaded inside, and then opened the door and sprayed him with pepper spray.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022
• Officers also used a taser and pepper spray on Nichols.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2023
• Police threaten to use their Tasers on Nichols, shout expletives at him, and pepper spray him.
  — Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2023
• No mention was made of punches, kicks, pepper spray or baton strikes.
  — Mark Scolforo, ajc, 28 Jan. 2023
• The video of people waving Trump 2020 flags and American flags also shows the crowd being hit with pepper spray.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 2 Mar. 2022
• The video showed that James was taken out of the cell and placed in an emergency restraint chair, then taken to the showering area to wash the pepper spray from his face.
  — Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2022
• One man had also used pepper spray on the other during the incident.
  — cleveland, 14 Sep. 2022
• Greg LaCerra was justified in spraying the teenager in the face with pepper spray and bringing the then-15-year-old boy to the ground to subdue him.
  — Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Feb. 2022
• One struck a boy with his knee and fired pepper spray into a teen’s cell, leaving him coughing and vomiting.
  — Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 10 Mar. 2022
• If their goal was only to apprehend Nichols, the officers did not need to use a Taser, pepper spray, or baton.
  — David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2023
• The store employee who took the brunt of the bear and pepper spray attack was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital.
  — Henri Hollis, ajc, 2 Aug. 2023
• In response, one suspect pulled out bear spray and the other pulled out pepper spray, and both sprayed the employee, according to the report.
  — Henri Hollis, ajc, 2 Aug. 2023
• That's hotter than law enforcement-grade pepper spray, which can reach up to 2 million SHU.
  — Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2023
• Some protesters confronted police and used milk to try and clear their eyes from pepper spray.
  — Nick Perry, ajc, 2 Mar. 2022
• The amount of spray in the canister is also a much higher volume than pepper spray to accommodate the spray range.
  — Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 11 Apr. 2023
• April Grubb says the scars on her legs bear witness to the night police in riot gear blanketed the courthouse square with clouds of tear gas and pepper spray in Huntsville two years ago.
  — Ashley Remkus | [e-mail], al, 3 June 2022
• In fact, the brand behind this spray is trusted by police officers, and is two times stronger than the typical pepper spray.
  — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024