How to Use semiautomatic in a Sentence

semiautomatic

adjective

• Tucked inside the green bag next to the singer was a .45-caliber semiautomatic handgun, which added to the charges against him.
  — Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2023
• The judge said there was enough evidence for Rocky to face the two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
  — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 Nov. 2023
• The gunman was armed with a semiautomatic handgun, one of the weapons that he was legally allowed to own.
  — Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2023
• He is charged with one count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm in that incident.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
• In August 2022, Rocky pleaded not guilty to two charges of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
  — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 12 Sep. 2023
• The 9mm semiautomatic handgun, which belonged to the girl’s mother, was inside the girl’s bag and was loaded with four rounds, reports say.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 28 Sep. 2022
• His mother, Maggie Murdaugh, was shot five times –including to the back of the head – with a semiautomatic rifle and died about 30 yards from her son.
  — Fox News, 19 Jan. 2023
• Customers bring in cars for repairs with handguns and semiautomatic rifles piled on the seats, Mr. Rabee said.
  — Cameron McWhirter, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022
• Paul’s mother, Maggie Murdaugh, was shot at least five times – including in the back of the head – with a semiautomatic rifle and died about 30 yards from her son.
  — Fox News, 8 Feb. 2023
• Lanez pleaded not guilty to charges including assault with a semiautomatic firearm in 2020, which required Megan to have surgery on a foot.
  — Vulture, 4 Nov. 2022
• The shooter, who then killed himself, used a Glock handgun and an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, at least one of which was painted with a swastika.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 26 Sep. 2023
• The attack was the latest act of gun violence in what has been a record pace of mass shootings in the U.S. so far this year, some of which have also involved semiautomatic rifles.
  — Juan A. Lozano, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Apr. 2023
• The experts were firing from the same spots as Cruz, with an identical AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle, and the bullets were to be caught by a safety device.
  — Terry Spencer and Freida Frisaro, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
• This shooter in Half Moon Bay obtained the semiautomatic handgun used in the shooting legally.
  — Fifth & Mission Podcast, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Jan. 2023
• But sometimes a semiautomatic rifle is much more than just a killing machine.
  — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
• The weapon allegedly used in the shooting was a semiautomatic handgun, Guzman said.
  — David Zahniserstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2022
• Kumar was among the first people to join the militia under the new drive and authorities armed him with a semiautomatic rifle and 100 bullets.
  — Aijaz Hussain, ajc, 28 Feb. 2023
• The live ammunition will be fired from the same spots as the gunman did, with an identical AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2023
• The ban came six months after a gunman used a semiautomatic rifle to shoot and kill seven people at a 4th of July parade in Highland Park.
  — Bynadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2023
• Five people were killed and 25 were injured before the shooter armed with an AR-15-style semiautomatic weapon was subdued by patrons.
  — Farnoush Amiri, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Dec. 2022
• Court documents showed that he was armed with two semiautomatic rifles and two pistols.
  — Morgan Coates, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2023
• Jack Teixeira, dressed in camouflage fatigues, his finger wrapped around the trigger of a semiautomatic rifle, faced the camera and spoke as though reciting an oath.
  — Shane Harris, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
• Reffitt was found guilty in March of encouraging one of the first surges by the mob to overwhelm police while carrying his semiautomatic handgun in a hip holster.
  — Tom Jackman, Rachel Weiner, Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News, 8 July 2022
• As a result, the newly armed students are bringing semiautomatic rifles to class.
  — Adam Sella, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2024
• The case hinges on whether bump stocks convert semiautomatic rifles into machine guns.
  — Abbie Vansickle, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
• The gunman shot 13 people with a semiautomatic rifle at Tops Friendly Market on May 14.
  — Gary Craig, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
• The brand of the semiautomatic weapon was not known, but officials described it as an assault rifle with an extended magazine and scope.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 26 Oct. 2023
• Her suit also names the manufacturer of the AR-style semiautomatic rifle that Salvador Ramos used to fire more than 100 rounds in the horrific mass shooting.
  — Lindsay Whitehurst, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2022
• Lawmakers also raised the minimum age to purchase a gun to 21 and turned the ownership of bump stocks, which could make a semiautomatic rifle fire more rapidly, into a felony.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2023
• Bonta charged Sanchez with voluntary manslaughter and assault with a semiautomatic firearm in a case that is still pending.
  — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024