How to Use gun in a Sentence

gun

1 of 2 noun
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  • She claimed that the gun went off accidentally.
  • What to do with the brakes and with the flaps and with the guns.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2024
  • He's seen in the distance from the bodycam with the tip of the trooper's gun pointed at him in the frame.
    — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The person appears to fire a gun at the employee, who falls to the ground.
    — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 21 June 2023
  • The suspect pulled a gun and shot Garcia in the parking lot, and then fled.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 27 May 2023
  • On Main Street, there was, like, a gay and lesbian bookshop right next door to the gun shop.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
  • The friend’s safe, which contained a gun belonging to Smith, was among the items stolen from the home in the burglary.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Wheel guns rattle, and the pit crew pull the tire warmers out from under the fenders.
    — Angus MacKenzie, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The video shows the other man lowering his head to avoid the gun, the documents say.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Jim Musgrove, a church member, hit the shooter with a chair and wrestled the gun away from him.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 12 June 2023
  • The actor was practicing a cross-draw when the gun fired, striking Hutchins.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 2 June 2023
  • The driver produced a gun and fired shots, striking both deputies.
    — CBS News, 10 Feb. 2024
  • She is then seen fighting men with guns and other weapons on her own in front of the farmers.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Police found Britt's gun in a car at Pitchford's house.
    — CBS News, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Nina, in turn, will ask her father to express his regrets—at the point of a gun.
    — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2024
  • An officer then fired his gun at Brasel but didn't hit him, the release said.
    — Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 27 May 2023
  • One of those men fooled the naive Proffit into being the driver on a scam, and later held a gun to him.
    — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2023
  • Gun rights advocates argue that guns are a symptom and not a cause of the problem.
    — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Many of the guns were loaded, including one in Herrling’s purse.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The coolest of these are undoubtedly the pop-out guns hidden behind the headlights.
    — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 20 June 2023
  • The first woman said that her juvenile son was with her and also saw the gun pointed at her.
    — cleveland, 1 Sep. 2023
  • At the start of the nuclear age, rather than heed Oppenheimer’s warning on the dangers of an arms race, the U.S. fired the starting gun.
    — Senator Edward J. Markey, Scientific American, 27 July 2023
  • The teller had been trained to assume that anyone threatening to have a gun is armed, even with no weapon in sight.
    — Dan Barry, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Take your final twisted straw over the heat gun and create a gentle arch.
    — New York Times, 27 July 2023
  • There were no immediate details about the gun used by the shooter.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The gun belongs to a relative staying with the family, the father told the station.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
  • In a footnote, Smith even cites Trump's visit to a gun store and online comments about buying a 9mm.
    — Fox News, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Studies show that cities with stringent gun laws have increased crime rates.
    — Charlotte Observer, 22 Feb. 2024
  • There is also talk of death and a mother dying, a tween girl is at times locked away, and there are guns in a few scenes, though no one is harmed.
    — Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Police said at least one of the people involved had a gun and began to fire in the direction of the officer.
    — Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2024
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gun

2 of 2 verb
  • The shortstop gunned the ball to first base.
  • She let the car coast down the hill, then gunned it.
  • His foot stays on the gas, gunning it toward the middle of the road.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 May 2023
  • He was gunned down, shot in the chest, and died in the street on the first day, his family says.
    — Arwa Damon, CNN, 9 Oct. 2019
  • One of the top teams that will be gunning for Colony this year will be West High School.
    — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The kind of itch that drives Whitney to gun it for Indy doesn’t just go away because of a cutout in the stands.
    — Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2021
  • But Meadows threw a bullet from the center and gunned him down.
    — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Then, Pipkin gunned her down in the front yard, according to deputies.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The weakfishing was weak, and Crescitelli gunned it out into the bay.
    — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2020
  • His eyes were bright and kind and tilted just to his right, toward the doorway where he was gunned down.
    — Jessica Contrera, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2019
  • Harris gunned the Jeep and ran over the 29-year-old officer.
    — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 21 Aug. 2019
  • The bounty hunter creeps up behind them and fires his blaster, gunning them down.
    — James Hibberd, EW.com, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The Palestinians come in and gun down 20 civilians with a machine gun.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Acosta was on the phone with his wife in Mexico when he was gunned down in Salinas.
    — Chelcey Adami, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2019
  • Members of the LeBaron family say one child was gunned down while trying to flee.
    — Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2019
  • That Tanya is able to make like John Wick and gun down three of her would-be assassins should seem silly.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The kid is on fire, and after a slow start, Tammy is gunning down every team that dares stand in his path.
    — SI.com, 9 Oct. 2019
  • His funeral procession stretched for three miles and passed the spot where he was gunned down.
    — Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Sharpe was gunned down in Northwest Baltimore this month, one of the more than 200 people who have been killed in the city so far this year.
    — Talia Richman, baltimoresun.com, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Ryan and his friend spent more than an hour digging and gunning the engine, but the truck remained stuck.
    — Thallman, oregonlive, 18 Mar. 2023
  • The 2024 party is gunning for bigger and better — this time, right off the Las Vegas Strip.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Moore chose to gun the unarmed man down, then run away, the prosecutor said.
    — John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 4 May 2022
  • Edward climbed into his car, gunned the motor, and drove away.
    — Steve Rosen, Variety, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Police gunned down the crazed cannibal, who by then had ripped out the victim's eyes and bitten off half his face.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The deputies followed through with instructions to gun down the animal and Buck was fatally shot with one round to the head.
    — NBC News, 23 June 2021
  • In the Ozark season 2 finale, Cade was on his way out of town with a half a million dollars, until he was gunned down.
    — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 30 Mar. 2020
  • The women will be gunning for their eighth consecutive crown and 10th of 11 while the men will be chasing their fifth straight and eighth of nine.
    — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
  • Now Beyond Meat, Tyson and a number of startups are gunning, so to speak, for our chicken nuggets.
    — Jonathan Kauffman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2019
  • On the strength of its soundtrack alone, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie is gunning to join them.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2023
  • The 17-year-old then allegedly chased Fantroy before gunning her down.
    — Breanna Edwards, Essence, 9 Aug. 2019

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