How to Use ammo in a Sentence

ammo

noun
  • The soldiers ran out of ammo.
  • The picture was of a woman in uniform, wearing an ammo belt, with a horse.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2019
  • That includes open public shooting (free gun rental with purchase of ammo) on all three ranges.
    John Benson, cleveland, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Bear Hunt There remains plenty of ammo for dollar bears.
    Fortune, 16 Sep. 2019
  • In addition to guns and ammo, vendors sell leather goods, jewelry, gold and silver.
    Alyssa Stoney, azcentral, 8 Sep. 2019
  • The company will still sell rifles and shotguns, along with the necessary ammo.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Surging deficits could leave Washington with less ammo to fight an actual recession.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 23 Aug. 2019
  • On one flight, the pilot insisted Harrison hand over the ammo clip from his 45-caliber handgun.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Investigators seized Denardo's firearms and ammo and his pistol permit.
    Fox News, 26 Aug. 2019
  • And for sure, things like easier access to fast-travel, one-button refills of all available ammo at shops, and the ability to pull yourself up to ledges or slide out of a run are all nice.
    Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2019
  • The idea behind them is that these brightly-burning rounds are loaded into the ammo feed at intervals of four-to-one with the more lethal ones so that the gunner can see where the spray of shot is flying.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2024
  • According to an initial assessment of the strike, the Ukrainian attack damaged the ammo depot, the officials said.
    Lauren Kent, CNN, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Every time a gun, a round of ammo, a rod, a reel, a box of tackle or small motorboat fuel is purchased, a portion of the proceeds goes to support state wildlife and habitat conservation.
    David L. Bernhardt, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Gun shop owners say many of the other denials may be people eligible to buy ammo but whose names on their driver’s licenses do not exactly match gun registration records.
    Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2019
  • And that’s the kind of play that gives Kitchens’ critics more ammo.
    Scott Patsko, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2019
  • McGinnis said this meant the Glock with the ammo weighed over twice as much as the Taser.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Tear gas started a fire, and the fire blew up some of the thousands of rounds of ammo the SLA had cached in the house.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
  • First being not to have real ammo on the set, or on the truck.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 23 Oct. 2021
  • Two picks would give them more ammo in the honeypot of the draft.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2022
  • There’s even a braai kit with the MadKon ammo box grill.
    Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 25 Nov. 2020
  • The gas stations sell live bait, and the hardware stores sell ammo.
    Max B. Sawicky, The New Republic, 30 Aug. 2021
  • And this is a bizarre time to remove ammo the Fed is using to fight the crisis.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Not all shootings are such a boon for gun and ammo stocks.
    Nicolás Rivero, Quartz, 25 May 2022
  • True strength doesn’t need to drape itself in long guns and ammo belts.
    Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Joel shoots his revolver at one of the Clickers but runs out of ammo and has to reload.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Inside an air shaft, in the area that leads to the slide, there are eight Nerf guns with 1,000 rounds of Nerf gun ammo.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Save your ammo; there are a couple bowls … or 35 … still to be played.
    Cameron Dasilva, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 19 Dec. 2019
  • There’s no need for live ammo or even blanks onset in this day and age.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 22 Oct. 2021
  • The last bit of the game is more all-out action mechs, hordes of enemies and loads of ammo.
    Washington Post, 10 May 2021
  • But at least some U.S.-made ammo is heading out of the country.
    BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2021

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