How to Use revolver in a Sentence

revolver

noun
  • Bullets from the crime scene were the same as the ones in his revolver.
    Matt Benoit, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Gun fire is heard and a revolver can be seen next to the suspect.
    Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The older, 11 or 12, holds a revolver aimed at your left eye.
    Robert D. McFadden, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The three men pointed a revolver at the man and stole his wallet and truck keys.
    Aidan Wohl, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
  • Police found the revolver stuffed under the couch cushions in the living room.
    Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024
  • One of the sales, for a revolver, occurred on April 27, according to the complaint.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Agents found a Ruger revolver and a Sig Sauer pistol hidden in a couch in the living room.
    Benoît Morenne, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Yvette is strangled with the rope in the billiard room, the motorist is hit with the lead pipe, and a singing telegram girl is shot with the revolver.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2023
  • They were lost without the gimpy revolver that composed their fear.
    Jay Pilgreen, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024
  • In both clips, the man can be seen carrying a silver revolver in his left hand.
    Henri Hollis, ajc, 20 July 2022
  • Several shots were fired by the man with the revolver, but nobody was injured.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2022
  • The gun, a Smith and Wesson .38-caliber revolver, went off during the struggle, and Dante was struck by a bullet.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 17 July 2023
  • The report also noted that, in order for the revolver to fire, the trigger needed to be pulled.
    Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Unlike a six-shot revolver, the standard Glock had clips holding 17 rounds.
    Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Per People, police recovered the revolver in the Pines River the next week.
    Christina Coulter, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Michael asked for a tip, one of the passengers said no, Michael pulled out a .38 revolver, the driver tried to pull away, and in the fracas Michael shot the driver and killed him.
    Barton Swaim, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2024
  • When the officers approached the house, the suspect came out the back door and ran at the officers with a loaded revolver in his hand.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Panicking, Barry arrives at Jim’s home, to find Cousineau out at the curb with a revolver.
    Wilson Chapman, Variety, 12 June 2022
  • Hutchins was shot and killed when Baldwin was practicing with a Colt .45 revolver.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Halls had conducted the safety check on the Colt .45 revolver and had given it to Baldwin.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
  • McIver, who had the gun in a plastic bag on his lap, was seated behind his wife when the revolver discharged.
    Shaddi Abusaid, ajc, 1 July 2022
  • During the more than three-minute struggle, Rallo reached into the safe and pulled out a third firearm, a .357 Magnum revolver.
    courant.com, 5 Apr. 2022
  • When the neighbor turned around, Nguyen pointed a black revolver at his face and pulled the trigger twice, the affidavit alleges.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 5 May 2022
  • Police claimed that Tuttle was armed with a .357-magnum revolver and shot first.
    Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022
  • At one point his right hand dips into his jacket, where the actor draws a revolver and points it toward the camera.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 25 Apr. 2022
  • After the battle, Walker wrote to Samuel Colt, the inventor of the revolver, to inquire about buying more guns.
    Phil Klay, The New Yorker, 11 June 2022
  • Steinheil claimed that four strangers in black robes, including a red-haired woman with a revolver, had entered the house at night and robbed them.
    Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Photos on his phone showed a revolver that police have not recovered and a spread-out pile of $100 bills, according to the memo.
    Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News, 24 May 2022
  • While rehearsing a scene, Baldwin drew his prop revolver from his holster and aimed it at the camera.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • One was armed with a .223 caliber rifle, and the duo also carried a revolver with extra rounds in a speed loader.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2023

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