How to Use assault rifle in a Sentence

assault rifle

noun
  • No one is safe from the surprise carnage caused by assault rifles.
    Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
  • An assault rifle was lying inside the home in plain view through a storm door, police said.
    Tom Steele, Dallas News, 12 July 2021
  • Her campaign signs featured a photo of herself dressed up as if for church, but armed with an assault rifle.
    Washington Post, 15 May 2021
  • One of the victims was killed with a shotgun and the other with an assault rifle, sources told The Island Packet.
    Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2021
  • Investigators have not found the assault rifle mentioned in Morss' notebook.
    Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN, 21 July 2021
  • His weapon was an AR-15-style assault rifle with ten magazines containing 30 rounds each.
    Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Paul was reportedly shot in the head and chest with a shotgun and his mother was killed with an assault rifle, sources told The Island Packet.
    Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 17 June 2021
  • Investigators also found an assault rifle in a storage area underneath the basement staircase.
    Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 26 May 2021
  • Officers also found a loaded assault rifle, body armor, almost $3,000 in cash and two loaded guns, including one that was stolen.
    Monivette Cordeiro, orlandosentinel.com, 19 May 2021
  • The sheriff said the assault rifle was used in the shooting.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 13 July 2023
  • One man held an assault rifle above his head, walked forward and placed a gun on the ground.
    CBS News, 10 Dec. 2023
  • One of the men strode up, raised an assault rifle and fired a few rounds toward the Israelis.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Trump was nicked in the ear after Crooks fired an AR-style assault rifle.
    Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 23 July 2024
  • Paul had been shot in the head and chest with a shotgun and his mother was killed with an assault rifle.
    Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 6 Aug. 2021
  • One hand is thrown into the air in a Nazi salute, the other clutches an assault rifle.
    Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The video shows the Palestinian man grabbing the officer's assault rifle, which then drops to the ground.
    Arkansas Online, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The state banned bump stocks, which can turn an assault rifle into a machine gun.
    Brittany Wallman, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Apr. 2022
  • The bandits at the scene were armed with four AK-47-style assault rifles and an AR-15 assault rifle and had food to last for days.
    José Ignacio Castañeda Perez, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Wilson said the amendment changed where the owner of an assault rifle could use it, not whether the person could own the gun.
    Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 22 Sep. 2021
  • At least one of the suspects was wielding an assault rifle, Jordan said.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 28 July 2022
  • One shooter was armed with an assault rifle, and the other had two handguns.
    Melissa Alonso, CNN, 23 Oct. 2021
  • But other common video game tropes—assault rifles and the like—aren't close at hand in her San Diego studio.
    WIRED, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Maggie had been shot five times with an AR-style assault rifle, while Paul had been shot twice at close range with a shotgun.
    Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Last week a man wearing body armor and armed with an assault rifle and a nail gun tried to breach the FBI's Cincinnati office.
    David Klepper, ajc, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Bullet holes etched by an assault rifle dot the entrance.
    New York Times, 15 Mar. 2022
  • The thief entered the jewelry store disguised as a woman, in a black gown and face veil, then drew a pistol and an assault rifle to rob the place.
    New York Times, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The assailants carried an AK-47 assault rifle and fired at Guillermo and his 16-year-old co-worker, Rafael, killing both of them.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Ana Rodriguez, the mother of Maite Rodriguez, pleaded for a ban on assault rifles.
    Mike Baker, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • At least one had an assault rifle, according to the lawsuit.
    Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Hezbollah’s flag bears an assault rifle similar to the AK-47.
    Audrey Kurth Cronin, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2023

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